Song of Songs 4:7-16

7You are completely beautiful, my dear friend. Your body is perfect in every way.

8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride. Yes, come with me from Lebanon. Come down from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir. Come down from the highest part of Hermon. Come away from those mountains where lions live, and where there are leopards.

9I love you so much that I never want to leave you, my sister and my bride. When you looked at me only once and I saw one jewel in your necklace, I knew that I could never leave you.

10Your love for me is wonderful, my sister and my bride. I enjoy your love even more than I enjoy wine. Your perfume has a smell that is more lovely than any spice!

11Your lips taste very sweet to me, my bride. They taste like honey that falls from the honeycomb. Milk and honey are under your tongue. The smell of your clothes is like the cedar trees of Lebanon.

12My sister and my bride, you are like a garden for me that is locked to other men. You are like a spring or a fountain that other people may not drink water from.

13Your body is like a special garden. It is full of pomegranate trees with their sweet fruit. There are wonderful fruits to enjoy. There are also henna and nard.

14There are nard, saffron, calamus, cinnamon and many different spices. There are myrrh, aloes and all the best spices.

15You are like a spring of water in a garden. You are like a well that has fresh water. The water runs down from Lebanon's mountains.

16Wake up, north wind! Come now, south wind! Blow on my garden! Make the sweet smell of its spices move in the air. May my lover come into his garden now! Let him taste its wonderful fruits!