{"book":"Song of Songs","slug":"song-of-songs","ch":4,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Song of Songs","prev":"song-of-songs/3","next":"song-of-songs/5","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"How beautiful [you are], my darling — how very beautiful! Your eyes are [like] doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How beautiful [you are], my darling —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how very beautiful!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your eyes are [like] doves"},{"style":"indent2","t":"behind your veil."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your hair is like a flock of goats"},{"style":"indent2","t":"streaming down Mount Gilead."}],"h":"Solomon Admires His BrideThe Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them [is] lost.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep"},{"style":"indent2","t":"coming up from the washing;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"each has its twin,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and not one of them [is] lost."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your mouth is lovely."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your brow behind your veil"},{"style":"indent2","t":"is like a slice of pomegranate."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your neck is like the tower of David,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"built with rows of stones;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"on it hang a thousand shields,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all of them shields of warriors."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your breasts are like two fawns,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Before the day breaks and the shadows flee,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will make my way"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to the mountain of myrrh"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to the hill of frankincense."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you [there is] no flaw.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You are altogether beautiful, my darling;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in you [there is] no flaw."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, [come] with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.","f":["Or Look down"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[come] with me from Lebanon!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Descend from the peak of Amana,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the summits of Senir and Hermon,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"from the dens of the lions,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the mountains of the leopards."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have captured my heart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my sister, my bride;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with one jewel of your neck."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"How delightful [is] your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How delightful [is] your love,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my sister, my bride!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Your love is much better than wine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your lips, my bride,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"drip sweetness like the honeycomb;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"honey and milk are under your tongue,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the fragrance of your garments"},{"style":"indent2","t":"is like the aroma of Lebanon."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"My sister, my bride, [you are] a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My sister, my bride, [you are] a garden locked up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Your branches [are] an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna [and] nard,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your branches [are] an orchard of pomegranates"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with the choicest of fruits, with henna [and] nard,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"with nard and saffron, [with] calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"with nard and saffron, [with] calamus and cinnamon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with every kind of frankincense tree,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"with myrrh and aloes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with all the finest spices."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.","f":["Or flowing water or living water"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You are a garden spring,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a well of fresh water"},{"style":"indent2","t":"flowing down from Lebanon."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Awake, O north wind,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and come, O south wind."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Breathe on my garden"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and spread the fragrance of its spices."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Let my beloved come into his garden"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and taste its choicest fruits."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"}]}