1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. 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, friends; drink, yes, drink deeply, beloved ones.
2I sleep, but my heart is awake. It is the voice of my beloved, knocking, and saying, "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled one. My head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night."
3I have taken off my coat; how can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; how can I make them dirty?
4My beloved put in his hand through the opening of the door, and my inward parts were moved for him.
5I got up to open to my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
6I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke. I looked for him, but I could not find him. I called him, but he gave me no answer.
7The watchmen who go about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me. The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem: if you find my beloved, tell him that I am sick with love.
9What is your beloved more than another beloved, you most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you charge us like this?
10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.
11His head is like the finest gold. His hair is thick and curling, and black as a raven.
12His eyes are like the eyes of doves beside the streams of water, washed with milk, and well set.
13His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers. His lips are like lilies, dripping with sweet smelling myrrh.
14His hands are like gold rings set with beryl. His body is like bright ivory covered with sapphires.
15His legs are like pillars of marble, set on bases of fine gold. His face is like Lebanon, splendid as the cedars.
16His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.