1 W hither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.

2 M y beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.

3 I my beloved's, and my beloved mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth among the lilies.

4 F air thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:

5 T urn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,

Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead.

6 T hy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

7 A s the work of the pomegranate thy temple behind thy veil.

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.

8 S ixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:

9 O ne is my dove, my perfect one, One she of her mother, The choice one she of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

My dove, mine undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed; The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

10 ` Who this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon -- clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?'

Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, Terrible as troops with banners?

11 U nto a garden of nuts I went down, To look on the buds of the valley, To see whither the vine had flourished, The pomegranates had blossomed --

I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Whether the pomegranates blossomed.

12 I knew not my soul, It made me -- chariots of my people Nadib.

Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing people.

13 R eturn, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?

Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee.—What would ye look upon in the Shulamite?—As it were the dance of two camps.