Song of Solomon 5:8-16

New Century Version

⁸ Promise me, women of Jerusalem,
    if you find my lover,
    tell him I am weak with love.

⁹ How is your lover better than other lovers,
    most beautiful of women?
How is your lover better than other lovers?
    Why do you want us to promise this?

¹⁰ My lover is healthy and tan,
    the best of ten thousand men.
¹¹ His head is like the finest gold;
    his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
¹² His eyes are like doves
    by springs of water.
They seem to be bathed in cream
    and are set like jewels.
¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spices;
    they smell like mounds of perfume.
His lips are like lilies
    flowing with myrrh.
¹⁴ His hands are like gold hinges,
    filled with jewels.
His body is like shiny ivory
    covered with sapphires.
¹⁵ His legs are like large marble posts,
    standing on bases of fine gold.
He is like a cedar of Lebanon,
    like the finest of the trees.
¹⁶ His mouth is sweet to kiss,
    and I desire him very much.
Yes, daughters of Jerusalem,
    this is my lover
    and my friend.