Song of Solomon 6 — AAB

Together in the Garden

The Friends

6Verse 1Where has your beloved gone,O most beautiful among women?Which way has he turned?We will seek him with you.

The Bride

^{Verse 2}My beloved has gone down to his garden,to the beds of spices,to pasture his flock in the gardensand to gather lilies.^{Verse 3}I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me;he pastures his flock among the lilies.

The Bridegroom

^{Verse 4}You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah,as lovely as Jerusalem,
as majestic as troops with banners.^{Verse 5}Turn your eyes away from me,for they have overcome me.Your hair is like a flock of goatsstreaming down from Gilead.^{Verse 6}Your teeth are like a flock of sheepcoming up from the washing;each has its twin,and not one of them is lost.^{Verse 7}Your brow behind your veilis like a slice of pomegranate.^{Verse 8}There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,and maidens without number,^{Verse 9}but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,the favorite of the mother who bore her.The maidens see her and call her blessed;the queens and concubines sing her praises.

The Friends

^{Verse 10}Who is this who shines like the dawn,as fair as the moon,as bright as the sun,as majestic as the stars in procession?

The Bridegroom

^{Verse 11}I went down to the walnut groveto see the blossoms of the valley,to see if the vines were buddingor the pomegranates were in bloom.^{Verse 12}Before I realized it, my desire had set meamong the royal chariots of my people.⁺

The Friends

^{Verse 13}Come back, come back, O Shulammite!Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you.The Bridegroom
Why do you look at the Shulammite,as on the dance of Mahanaim⁺?