5:1 G I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gather my myrrh and my spices, I eat my honey and my sweetmeats, I drink my wine and my milk. D Eat, friends; drink! Drink freely of love!
5:2 B I was sleeping, but my heart kept vigil; I heard my lover knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is wet with dew, my locks with the moisture of the night."NAB-CREF: [2-6] Song 3:1-2
5:3 I have taken off my robe, am I then to put it on? I have bathed my feet, am I then to soil them?
5:4 My lover put his hand through the opening; my heart trembled within me, and I grew faint when he spoke.
5:5 I rose to open to my lover, with my hands dripping myrrh: With my fingers dripping choice myrrh upon the fittings of the lock.
5:6 I opened to my lover- but my lover had departed, gone. I sought him but I did not find him; I called to him but he did not answer me.
5:7 The watchmen came upon me as they made their rounds of the city; They struck me, and wounded me, and took my mantle from me, the guardians of the walls.
5:8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my lover- What shall you tell him?- that I am faint with love.
5:9 D How does your lover differ from any other, O most beautiful among women? How does your lover differ from any other, that you adjure us so?
5:10 B My lover is radiant and ruddy; he stands out among thousands.
5:11 His head is pure gold; his locks are palm fronds, black as the raven.
5:12 His eyes are like doves beside running waters, His teeth would seem bathed in milk, and are set like jewels.
5:13 His cheeks are like beds of spice with ripening aromatic herbs. His lips are red blossoms; they drip choice myrrh.
5:14 His arms are rods of gold adorned with chrysolites. His body is a work of ivory covered with sapphires.
5:15 His legs are columns of marble resting on golden bases. His stature is like the trees on Lebanon, imposing as the cedars.
5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is all delight. Such is my lover, and such my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.