Song of Songs 5
New International Version - Song of Songs 5 << | >> 12345678 5:1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk.Eat, O friends, and drink; drink your fill, O lovers. 5:2 I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.' 5:3 I have taken off my robe- must I put it on again? I have washed my feet- must I soil them again? 5:4 My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him. 5:5 I arose to open for my lover, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the lock. 5:6 I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer. 5:7 The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls! 5:8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you- if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love. 5:9 How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you charge us so? 5:10 My lover is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand. 5:11 His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven. 5:12 His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels. 5:13 His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh. 5:14 His arms are rods of gold set with chrysolite. His body is like polished ivory decorated with sapphires. 5:15 His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars. 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my lover, this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.