Song of Solomon 6:1-8

1 So where has this love of yours gone, fair one? Where on earth can he be? Can we help you look for him?
2 Never mind. My lover is already on his way to his garden, to browse among the flowers, touching the colors and forms.
3 I am my lover's and my lover is mine. He caresses the sweet-smelling flowers.
4 Dear, dear friend and lover, you're as beautiful as Tirzah, city of delights, Lovely as Jerusalem, city of dreams, the ravishing visions of my ecstasy.
5 Your beauty is too much for me - I'm in over my head. I'm not used to this! I can't take it in. Your hair flows and shimmers like a flock of goats in the distance streaming down a hillside in the sunshine.
6 Your smile is generous and full - expressive and strong and clean.
7 Your veiled cheeks are soft and radiant.
8 There's no one like her on earth, never has been, never will be.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.