Song of Solomon 5
1. I am come * into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered * my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten * my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk * my wine with my milk: eat * , O friends; drink * , yea, drink abundantly * , O beloved.
2. I sleep, but my heart waketh * : it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh * , saying, Open * to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled:for my head is filled * with dew,and my locks with the drops of the night.
3. I have put off * my coat; how shall I put it on * ? I have washed * my feet; how shall I defile * them?
4. My beloved put in * his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved * for him.
5. I rose up * to open * to my beloved; and my hands dropped * with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling * myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6. I opened * to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn * himself, and was gone * : my soul failed * when he spake * : I sought * him, but I could not find * him; I called * him, but he gave me no answer * .
7. The watchmen * that went about * the city found * me, they smote * me, they wounded * me; the keepers * of the walls took away * my veil from me.
8. I charge * you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find * my beloved, that ye tell * him, that I am sick * of love.
9. What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge * us?
10. My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest * among ten thousand.
11. His head is as the most fine gold,his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
12. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed * with milk, and fitly set * .
13. His cheeks are as a bed of spices,as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping * sweet smelling * myrrh.
14. His hands are as gold rings set * with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid * with sapphires.
15. His legs are as pillars of marble,set * upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent * as the cedars.
16. His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
