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Woman

11 I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding(A)
and the pomegranates blooming.
12 I didn’t know what was happening to me.
I felt like I was
in a chariot with a nobleman.[a]

Young Women

13 Come back, come back, Shulammite![b]
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

Man

How you gaze at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance(B) of the two camps![c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:12 Hb obscure
  2. 6:13 Or the perfect one, or the peaceable one
  3. 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim