New Living Translation NLT
Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 Where has your lover gone, O woman of rare beauty? Which way did he turn so we can help you find him?
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Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved
2 My lover has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds, to browse in the gardens and gather the lilies.
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My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine. He browses among the lilies.
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I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,
4 You are beautiful, my darling, like the lovely city of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
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You are beautiful, my love, as Tirtzah, Lovely as Yerushalayim, Awesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn your eyes away, for they overpower me. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
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Turn away your eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gil`ad.
6 Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.
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Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which have come up from the washing; Of which every one has twins; None is bereaved among them.
7 Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.
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Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
8 Even among sixty queens and eighty concubines and countless young women,
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There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, And virgins without number.
9 I would still choose my dove, my perfect one— the favorite of her mother, dearly loved by the one who bore her. The young women see her and praise her; even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
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My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10 “Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
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Who is she who looks forth as the morning, Beautiful as the moon, Clear as the sun, Awesome as an army with banners?
11 I went down to the grove of walnut trees and out to the valley to see the new spring growth, to see whether the grapevines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom.
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I went down into the nut tree grove, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower.
12 Before I realized it, my strong desires had taken me to the chariot of a noble man.
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Without realizing it, My desire set me with my royal people's chariots. Friends
13 Return, return to us, O maid of Shulam. Come back, come back, that we may see you again. Young Man Why do you stare at this young woman of Shulam, as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?
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Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, As at the dance of Machanayim?
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