< Song of Solomon 6 >
1 'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, that we may seek him with thee?'
Where? has he gone lover your O beautiful [one] among women where? has he turned lover your so we may seek him with you.
2 'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Lover my he has gone down to garden his to [the] beds of spice to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, that feedeth among the lilies.'
I [belong] to lover my and lover my [belongs] to me who [is] grazing (among the lilies. *L(abh)*)
4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
[are] beautiful You O friend my like Tirzah lovely like Jerusalem majestic like hosts with banners.
5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead.
Turn eyes your from before me that they they have confused me hair your [is] like [the] flock of she-goats that they have descended from Gilead.
6 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.
Teeth your [are] like [the] flock of ewes that have come up from the washing that all of them [are] bearing twins and [is one] deprived of offspring not among them.
7 Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.
[is] like [the] slice of Pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your.
8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.
[are] sixty They queens and eighty concubines and young women there not [is] a number.
9 My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
[is] one She dove my perfect [one] my [is] one [daughter] she of mother her [is] a pure [daughter] she of [the] [one who] bore her they saw her daughters and they called blessed her queens and concubines and they praised her.
10 Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?
Who? this [is] the [one who] looks down like [the] dawn beautiful like the full moon pure like the sun majestic like hosts with banners.
11 I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
To a garden of nut[s] I went down to look on [the] green shoots of the wadi to see ¿ had it budded the vine had they bloomed? the pomegranates.
12 Before I was aware, my soul set me upon the chariots of my princely people.
Not I knew desire my it set me [the] chariots of (people of prince. *L(a+V)*)
13 Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulammite? As it were a dance of two companies.
Return return O Shulammite [woman] return return so we may look on you why? will you look on the Shulammite [woman] like [the] dance of the two groups.