Song of Solomon 6:1-10

New Living Translation

Young Women of Jerusalem

6 Where has your lover gone,
O woman of rare beauty?
Which way did he turn
so we can help you find him?

Young Woman

²My lover has gone down to his garden,
    to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
    and gather the lilies.
³I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.
    He browses among the lilies.

Young Man

⁴You are beautiful, my darling,
    like the lovely city of Tirzah.
Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,
    as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
⁵Turn your eyes away,
    for they overpower me.
Your hair falls in waves,
    like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
⁶Your teeth are as white as sheep
    that are freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
    each tooth matched with its twin.^[a]
⁷Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
    behind your veil.

⁸Even among sixty queens
    and eighty concubines
    and countless young women,
⁹I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
    the favorite of her mother,
    dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
    even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
¹⁰“Who is this, arising like the dawn,
    as fair as the moon,
as bright as the sun,
    as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”