The Torment of Separation
5 “I have (A)come into my garden, (B)my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my (C)myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my (D)honey;
I have (E)drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, (F)friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”
2 “I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, (G)my sister, my darling,
(H)My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with dew,
My (I)locks with the damp of the night.’
3 “I have (J)taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have (K)washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
4 “My beloved extended his hand through the opening,
And my (L)feelings were aroused for him.
5 “I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands (M)dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
6 “I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had (N)turned away and had gone!
My heart went out to him as he (O)spoke.
I (P)searched for him but I did not find him;
I (Q)called him but he did not answer me.
7 “The (R)watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
8 “I (S)adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For (T)I am lovesick.”
9 “What kind of beloved is your beloved,
O (U)most beautiful among women?
What kind of beloved is your beloved,
That thus you adjure us?”
Admiration by the Bride
10 “My beloved is dazzling and (V)ruddy,
(W)Outstanding among ten thousand.
11 “His head is like gold, pure gold;
His (X)locks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
12 “His (Y)eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And reposed in their (Z)setting.
13 “His cheeks are like a (AA)bed of balsam,
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are (AB)lilies
(AC)Dripping with liquid myrrh.
14 “His hands are rods of gold
Set with (AD)beryl;
His abdomen is carved ivory
Inlaid with (AE)sapphires.
15 “His legs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like (AF)Lebanon
Choice as the (AG)cedars.
16 “His (AH)mouth is full of sweetness.
And he is wholly (AI)desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.”
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 5:1
- Song of Solomon 5:1
- Song of Solomon 5:1
- Song of Solomon 5:1
- Song of Solomon 5:2
- Song of Solomon 5:2
- Song of Solomon 5:2
- Song of Solomon 5:4
- Song of Solomon 5:5
- Song of Solomon 5:6
- Song of Solomon 5:9
- Song of Solomon 5:9
- Song of Solomon 5:9
- Song of Solomon 5:10
- Song of Solomon 5:10
- Song of Solomon 5:12
- Song of Solomon 5:14
- Song of Solomon 5:16
Cross references
- Song of Solomon 5:1 : Song 6:2
- Song of Solomon 5:1 : Song 4:9
- Song of Solomon 5:1 : Song 1:13; 4:14
- Song of Solomon 5:1 : Song 4:11
- Song of Solomon 5:1 : Prov 9:5; Is 55:1
- Song of Solomon 5:1 : Judg 14:11, 20; John 3:29
- Song of Solomon 5:2 : Song 4:9
- Song of Solomon 5:2 : Song 2:14; 6:9
- Song of Solomon 5:2 : Song 5:11
- Song of Solomon 5:3 : Luke 11:7
- Song of Solomon 5:3 : Gen 19:2
- Song of Solomon 5:4 : Jer 31:20
- Song of Solomon 5:5 : Song 5:13
- Song of Solomon 5:6 : Song 6:1
- Song of Solomon 5:6 : Song 5:2
- Song of Solomon 5:6 : Song 3:1
- Song of Solomon 5:6 : Prov 1:28
- Song of Solomon 5:7 : Song 3:3
- Song of Solomon 5:8 : Song 2:7; 3:5
- Song of Solomon 5:8 : Song 2:5
- Song of Solomon 5:9 : Song 1:8; 6:1
- Song of Solomon 5:10 : 1 Sam 16:12
- Song of Solomon 5:10 : Ps 45:2
- Song of Solomon 5:11 : Song 5:2
- Song of Solomon 5:12 : Song 1:15; 4:1
- Song of Solomon 5:12 : Ex 25:7
- Song of Solomon 5:13 : Song 6:2
- Song of Solomon 5:13 : Song 2:1
- Song of Solomon 5:13 : Song 5:5
- Song of Solomon 5:14 : Ex 28:20; 39:13; Ezek 1:16; Dan 10:6
- Song of Solomon 5:14 : Ex 24:10; 28:18; Job 28:16; Is 54:11
- Song of Solomon 5:15 : Song 7:4
- Song of Solomon 5:15 : 1 Kin 4:33; Ps 80:10; Ezek 17:23; 31:8
- Song of Solomon 5:16 : Song 7:9
- Song of Solomon 5:16 : 2 Sam 1:23
