1I am come into 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, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved. 2I sleep, but my heart wakes. Hark! My beloved knocks, “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.” 3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. 5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bar. 6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had turned away, and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me. 8“I adjure you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? That I am love-sick?” 9“What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?” 10“My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand. 11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven. 12His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set. 13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh. 14His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Levanon, excellent as the cedars. 16His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Yerushalayim.”
אבָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם חֲלָבִי; אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִים. באֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה וְלִבִּי עֵר; קוֹל דּוֹדִי דוֹפֵק פִּתְחִי לִי אֲחֹתִי רַעְיָתִי יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי נִמְלָא טָל קְוֻצּוֹתַי רְסִיסֵי לָיְלָה. גפָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת כֻּתָּנְתִּי אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה; רָחַצְתִּי אֶת רַגְלַי אֵיכָכָה אֲטַנְּפֵם. דדּוֹדִי שָׁלַח יָדוֹ מִן הַחֹר וּמֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָיו. הקַמְתִּי אֲנִי לִפְתֹּחַ לְדוֹדִי; וְיָדַי נָטְפוּ מוֹר וְאֶצְבְּעֹתַי מוֹר עֹבֵר עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל. ופָּתַחְתִּי אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי חָמַק עָבָר; נַפְשִׁי יָצְאָה בְדַבְּרוֹ בִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהוּ קְרָאתִיו וְלֹא עָנָנִי. זמְצָאֻנִי הַשֹּׁמְרִים הַסֹּבְבִים בָּעִיר הִכּוּנִי פְצָעוּנִי; נָשְׂאוּ אֶת רְדִידִי מֵעָלַי שֹׁמְרֵי הַחֹמוֹת. חהִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם: אִם תִּמְצְאוּ אֶת דּוֹדִי מַה תַּגִּידוּ לוֹ שֶׁחוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָנִי. טמַה דּוֹדֵךְ מִדּוֹד הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים: מַה דּוֹדֵךְ מִדּוֹד שֶׁכָּכָה הִשְׁבַּעְתָּנוּ. ידּוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה. יארֹאשׁוֹ כֶּתֶם פָּז; קְוֻצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים שְׁחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵב. יבעֵינָיו כְּיוֹנִים עַל אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם; רֹחֲצוֹת בֶּחָלָב יֹשְׁבוֹת עַל מִלֵּאת. יגלְחָיָו כַּעֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם מִגְדְּלוֹת מֶרְקָחִים; שִׂפְתוֹתָיו שׁוֹשַׁנִּים נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵר. ידיָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ; מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִים. טושׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מְיֻסָּדִים עַל אַדְנֵי פָז; מַרְאֵהוּ כַּלְּבָנוֹן בָּחוּר כָּאֲרָזִים. טזחִכּוֹ מַמְתַקִּים וְכֻלּוֹ מַחֲמַדִּים; זֶה דוֹדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 