Song of Songs 5:6-15

6I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.

7The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!

8O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you – If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!

9Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?

10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men.

11His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly – black like a raven.

12His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

13His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

14His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires.

15His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.