Canticle of Canticles 6

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 CHORUS: Where did your lover go, O loveliest of women? Which way did your lover turn so that we canhelp you seek him?	1 Where has your lover gone,
2 BELOVED: My love went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock on the grass andgather lilies.	2 My lover has come down to his garden,
3 I belong to my love, and my love to me. He pastures his flock among the lilies.	3 My lover belongs to me and I to him;
4 LOVER: You are fair as Tirzah, my beloved, enchanting as Jerusalem, formidable as an army!	4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my beloved,
5 Turn your eyes away from me, they take me by assault! Your hair is like a flock of goats surging downthe slopes of Gilead.	5 Turn your eyes from me,
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes as they come up from being washed. Each one has its twin, not oneunpaired with another.	6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
7 Your cheeks, behind your veil, are halves of pomegranate.	7 Your cheek is like a half-pomegranate
8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines (and countless girls).	8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
9 My dove is my only one, perfect and mine. She is the darling of her mother, the favourite of the one whobore her. Girls have seen her and proclaimed her blessed, queens and concubines have sung her praises,	9 One alone is my dove, my perfect one,
10 'Who is this arising like the dawn, fair as the moon, resplendent as the sun, formidable as an army?'	10 Who is this that comes forth like the dawn,
11 I went down to the nut orchard to see the fresh shoots in the val ey, to see if the vines were buddingand the pomegranate trees in flower.	11 I came down to the nut garden
12 Before I knew . . . my desire had hurled me onto the chariots of Amminadib!	12 Before I knew it, my heart had made me