most beautiful of women?

  Which way has hea turned?

  We will seek him with you.

W 2My love has gone down to his garden,b

  to beds of spice,c

  to feed in the gardensd

  and gather lilies.e

  3I am my love’s and my love is mine;f

  he feeds among the lilies.

M 4You are as beautiful as Tirzah,g my darling,

  lovely as Jerusalem,

  awe-inspiring as an army with banners.h

  5Turn your eyes away from me,

  for they captivate me.i

  Your hair is like a flock of goats

  streaming down from Gilead.j

  6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes

  coming up from washing,

  each one having a twin,

  and not one missing.k, l

  7Behind your veil,m

  your brown is like a slice of pomegranate.

  8There are 60 queens

  and 80 concubineso

  and young womenp without number.

  9But my dove,q my virtuous one, is unique;r

  she is the favorite of her mother,

  perfect to the one who gave her birth.

  Women see her and declare her fortunate;s

  queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:

Yt 10Who is thisu, v who shines like the dawn —

  as beautiful as the moon,

  bright as the sun,

  awe-inspiring as an army with banners?w

W 11I came down to the walnut grove

  to see the blossoms of the valley,

  to see if the vines were buddingx

  and the pomegranates blooming.

  12Before I knew it,

  my desire put me

  among the chariots of my noble people.y

Y 13zCome back, come back, Shulammite!aa, ab

  Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,

  as you look at the danceac of the two camps?ad, ae