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¹⁰My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand. ¹¹His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven. ¹²His eyes are like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, fitly set. ¹³His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh. ¹⁴His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires. ¹⁵His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars. ¹⁶His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

7How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. ²Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. ³Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. ⁴Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus. ⁵Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. ⁶How fair and pleasant you are, O loved one, delectable maiden! ⁷You are stately as a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. ⁹and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth. ⁶Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. ⁷Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned.