Song of Solomon 4:3-15

Contemporary English Version

⁵ Your breasts are perfect;
they are twin deer
    feeding among lilies.
⁶ I will hasten to those hills
sprinkled with sweet perfume
    and stay there till sunrise.
⁷ My darling, you are lovely
    in every way.
⁸ My bride, together
    we will leave Lebanon!
We will say goodbye
to the peaks of Mount Amana,
    Senir, and Hermon,
where lions and leopards
    live in the caves.

⁹ My bride, my very own,
    you have stolen my heart!
With one glance from your eyes
and the glow of your necklace,
    you have stolen my heart.
¹⁰ Your love is sweeter than wine;
the smell of your perfume
    is more fragrant than spices.
¹¹ Your lips are a honeycomb;
milk and honey
    flow from your tongue.
Your dress has the aroma
    of cedar trees from Lebanon.

¹² My bride, my very own,
you are a garden, a fountain
    closed off to all others.
¹³ Your arms^[b] are vines,
covered with delicious fruits
    and all sorts of spices—
henna, nard, ¹⁴ saffron,
    calamus, cinnamon,
frankincense, myrrh, and aloes
    —all the finest spices.
¹⁵ You are a spring in the garden,
    a fountain of pure water,
and a refreshing stream
    from Mount Lebanon.