The Beloved’s Wish Song The Beloved to Her Lover: 1 Oh, how I wish you were my little brother,nursing at my mother’s breasts;if I saw you outside, I could kiss you –surely no one would despise me!2 I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house,the one who taught me.I would give you […]
Song of Songs
Song of Solomon 7
The Lover to His Beloved: 1 How beautiful are your sandalled feet,O nobleman’s daughter!The curves of your thighs are like jewels,the work of the hands of a master craftsman.2 Your navel is a round mixing bowl –may it never lack mixed wine!Your belly is a mound of wheat,encircled by lilies.3 Your two breasts are like […]
Song of Solomon 6
The Lost Lover Found The Maidens to the Beloved: 1 Where has your beloved gone,O most beautiful among women?Where has your beloved turned?Tell us, that we may seek him with you. The Beloved to the Maidens: 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden,to the flowerbeds of balsam spices,to graze in the gardens,and to […]
Song of Solomon 5
The Lover to His Beloved: 1 I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride;I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice.I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink!Drink freely, O lovers! The Trials of Love: The […]
Song of Solomon 4
The Wedding Night: Praise of the Bride The Lover to His Beloved: 1 Oh, you are beautiful, my darling!Oh, you are beautiful!Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.Your hair is like a flock of female goatsdescending from Mount Gilead.2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheepcoming up from the washing place;each of […]
Song of Solomon 3
The Lost Lover is Found The Beloved about Her Lover: 1 All night long on my bedI longed for my lover.I longed for him but he never appeared.2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town,and throughout the streets and squares;I will search for my beloved.”I searched for him but I did not […]