Song of Solomon 5 The bride feigns indifference to her husband, but immediately follows him, seeks him, and is reconciled with him.

 Song of Solomon 5

The bride feigns indifference to her husband, but immediately follows him, seeks him, and is reconciled with him.

1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, my friends, drink deeply, my beloved.

2 I slept, but my heart was awake; behold, the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my friend, my dove, my undefiled one, for my head is full of dew, my locks with the drops of the night.

3 I have taken off my clothes; how shall I put them back on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them again?

4 My beloved put his hand through the door, and my bowels trembled for him.

5 I got up to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers dripped with myrrh on the handles of the lock.

6 I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had withdrawn and was gone. My soul melted when he spoke; I sought him, but could not find him; I called to him, but he did not answer.

7 The watchmen who went about the city found me; they beat me, they wounded me; the keepers of the wall took my cloak from me.

8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that if you find my beloved, tell him that I am sick of love.

9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you, fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, who has so adjured us? 

10 My beloved is pure and ruddy; he bears a banner among ten thousand.

11 His head is like the finest gold, his locks are curly, black as a raven.

12 His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk, set in a setting.

13 His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, like hills of fragrant herbs; his lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh.

14 His hands are like rings of gold set with turquoise; his belly is like white ivory overlaid with sapphires.

15 His legs are like pillars of marble, set on bases of pure gold; his appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

16 His speech is most sweet; yes, he is altogether lovely. Such is my beloved, such is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.