1 >1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride.<
2 >2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake.<
3 >3 I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?<
4 >4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.<
5 >5 I rose up to open for my beloved.<
6 >6 I opened to my beloved;<
7 >7 The watchmen who go about the city found me.<
8 >8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,<
9 >9 How is your beloved better than another beloved,<
10 >10 My beloved is white and ruddy.<
11 >11 His head is like the purest gold.<
12 >12 His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks,<
13 >13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes.<
14 >14 His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl.<
15 >15 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold.<
16 >16 His mouth is sweetness;<