7 If thou knowest not this, O most beautiful of women, then follow thy footsteps of the sheep, and feed thy goats beside the tents of the shepherds.

8 Unto my mare in Pharaoh's chariot have I likened thee, my beloved.

9 Beautiful are thy cheeks under the pendants, thy neck in necklaces;

10 gold pendants we will make for you with silver sequins.

11 As long as the king was at his table, my spikenard gave forth his incense.

12 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved, abiding by my breasts.

13 Like a keeper's brush, my beloved is with me in the vineyards of Enged.

14 Oh, you are beautiful, my beloved, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like pigeons.

15 Oh, you are beautiful, my beloved, and gracious! and our bed is greenery;

16 The roofs of our houses are cedars, our ceilings are cypresses.

Chapter 2

1 I am the narcissus of Sharon, the lily of the valleys!

2 As a lily among thorns, so is my beloved among virgins.

3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the youths. In its shade I love to sit, and its fruits are sweet to my throat.

4 He brought me into the house of banquet, and his ensign over me is love.

5 Refresh me with wine, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right embraces me.

7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, with chamois, or with deer of the field, do not wake or disturb your beloved, as long as she pleases.

8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he walks, jumps over the mountains, jumps over the hills.

9 My friend is like a chamois, or like a young deer. Here he is standing behind the wall, looking through the window, flashing through the bars.

10 My beloved began to say to me, 'Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, come forth!'