4
1 Behold, thou art yafeh, my love; behold, thou art yafeh;
thine eyes are yonim (doves) behind your veil;
thy hair is like an eder (flock) of goats descending from Mount Gil'ad.
2 Thy teeth are like an eder of sheep that are just shorn,
coming up from washing;
whereof every one is matched,
and none is missing among them.
3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet,
and thy mouth is naveh (lovely);
thy temple is like a half-pomegranate
within thy veil.
4 Thy tzavar (neck) is like the migdal Dovid
girt with battlements,
whereon there hang a thousand mogen,*
all the shields of Gibborim.
5 Thy two breasts are like two ofarim (fawns, young deer)
that are twins, which graze among the lilies.
6 Until HaYom (the day) break, and the shadows flee away,
I will get me to the har hamor (mountain of myrrh),
and to the hill of frankincense.
7 Thou art all yafeh, my love;
there is no mum (blemish, spot, defect, flaw) in thee.
8 Come with me from the Levanon,
my kallah (bride), with me from the Levanon;
come down from the heights of Amanah,
from the top of Senir and Chermon,
from the dens of the arayot (lions),
from the hills of the nemerim (leopards).
9 Thou hast ravished my lev, my sister, my kallah;
thou hast ravished my lev with one of thy glances,
with one link of thy necklace.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my kallah!
How much better is thy love than yayin!
And the scent of thine perfumes than any spice!
11 Thy lips, O my kallah, drip like the honeycomb;
devash and cholov are under thy tongue;
and the scent of thy garments is like the scent of the Levanon.
12 A gan (garden) locked is my sister, my kallah;
a spring enclosed, a ma'ayan (fountain) sealed.
13 Thy plants are a pardeis (park, paradise) of pomegranates, with pleasant p'ri;
henna with spikenard,
14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon,
with kol atzei levonah (all kinds of incense trees);
myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices:
15 A na'yan (fountain) of gardens, a be'er (well) of mayim chayyim (well of living waters),
and streams from the Levanon.
16 Awake, O north wind;
and come, thou south wind;
blow upon my gan (garden),
that the fragrances thereof may flow out.
Let dodi (my beloved) come into his gan (garden),
and let him taste its choice pri (fruits).
* 4:4 Since this is the Song of Solomon, Son of David, and since the verse refers to the migdal Dovid, it should be noted that Mogen Dovid in Jewish liturgy signifies Hashem as the protector (shield) of Dovid