Canticle of Canticles 6

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.	1 Where has your lover gone,
2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.	2 My lover has come down to his garden,
3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.	3 My lover belongs to me and I to him;
4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.	4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my beloved,
5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.	5 Turn your eyes from me,
6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.	6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.	7 Your cheek is like a half-pomegranate
8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.	8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.	9 One alone is my dove, my perfect one,
10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?	10 Who is this that comes forth like the dawn,
11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.	11 I came down to the nut garden
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.	12 Before I knew it, my heart had made me
13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.