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Man[a]

If you do not know,
most beautiful of women,(A)
follow[b] the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
near the shepherds’ tents.

I compare you, my darling,(B)
to a[c] mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.(C)
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with jewellery,(D)
your neck with its necklace.
11 We will make gold jewellery for you,
accented with silver.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Some understand the young women to be the speakers in this verse.
  2. 1:8 Lit go out for yourself into
  3. 1:9 Lit my