Song of Solomon 4:1-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

4 M How beautiful you are, my darling.
How very beautiful!
Behind your veil,
your eyes are doves.^(A)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down Mount Gilead.^(B)
2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.^[a](C)
3 Your lips are like a scarlet cord,^(D)
and your mouth^[b] is lovely.
Behind your veil,
your brow^[c] is like a slice of pomegranate.^(E)
4 Your neck is like the tower of David,^(F)
constructed in layers.
A thousand bucklers are hung on it—
all of them shields of warriors.^[d]
5 Your breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,^(G) that feed among the lilies.
⁶ Before the day breaks^[e]
and the shadows flee,^(H)
I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh
and the hill of frankincense.^(I)
7 You are absolutely beautiful,^(J) my darling,
with no imperfection in you.