I am come into my garden , my sister , [ my ] spouse : I have gathered my myrrh with my spice ; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey ; I have drunk my wine with my milk : eat , O friends ; drink , yea , drink abundantly , O beloved .
I Sleep , but my heart waketh : [ it Is ] the voice of my beloved that knocketh , [ saying ] , open to me , my sister , my love , my dove , my undefiled : for my head Is filled with dew , [ And ] my locks with the drops of the night .
I have put off my coat ; how shall I put it on ? I have washed my feet ; how shall I defile them ?
my beloved put in his hand by the hole [ of the door ] , And my bowels were moved for him .
I rose up to open to my beloved ; And my hands dropped [ with ] myrrh , And my fingers [ with ] sweet smelling myrrh , upon the handles of the lock .
I opened to my beloved ; but my beloved had withdrawn himself , [ And ] was gone : my soul failed when he spake : I sought him , but I could not find him ; I called him , but he gave me no answer .
the watchmen that went about the city found me , they smote me , they wounded me ; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me .
I charge you , O daughters of Jerusalem , if ye find my beloved , that ye tell him , that I [ am ] sick of love .
what [ Is ] thy beloved more than [ another ] beloved , O thou fairest among women ? what [ Is ] thy beloved more than [ another ] beloved , that thou dost So charge us ?
my beloved [ Is ] white And ruddy , the chiefest among ten thousand .
his head [ Is as ] the most fine gold , his locks [ are ] bushy , [ And ] black as A raven .
his eyes [ are ] as [ the eyes ] of doves by the rivers of waters , washed with milk , [ And ] fitly set .
his cheeks [ are ] as A bed of spices , [ as ] sweet flowers : his lips [ like ] lilies , dropping sweet smelling myrrh .
his hands [ are as ] gold rings set with the beryl : his belly [ Is as ] bright ivory overlaid [ with ] sapphires .
his legs [ are as ] pillars of marble , set upon sockets of fine gold : his countenance [ Is ] as Lebanon , excellent as the cedars .
his mouth [ Is ] most sweet : yea , he [ Is ] altogether lovely . this [ Is ] my beloved , And this [ Is ] my friend , O daughters of Jerusalem .