New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)
Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon, 6
1 “Where has your dear one gone, O most beautiful of women? Which way did your dear one turn? Let us seek him with you.”
2 “My dear one has gone down to his garden, To the beds of spice plants, To shepherd among the gardens And to pick lilies.
3 I am my dear one’s, And my dear one is mine. He is shepherding among the lilies.”
4 “You are as beautiful as Tirʹzah,*1 my beloved, As lovely as Jerusalem, As breathtaking as armies around their banners.
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5 Turn your eyes away from me, For they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats Streaming down the slopes of Gilʹe·ad.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep That have come up from being washed, All of them bearing twins, And not one has lost her young.
7 Like a segment of pomegranate Are your cheeks*1 behind your veil.
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8 There may be 60 queens And 80 concubines And young women without number.
9 But only one is my dove, my flawless one. The only one of her mother. She is the favorite*1 of the one who bore her. The daughters see her, and they pronounce her happy; Queens and concubines, and they praise her.
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10 ‘Who is she who shines*1 like the dawn, As beautiful as the full moon, As pure as the sunlight, As breathtaking as armies around their banners?’”
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11 “I went down to the garden of nut trees To see the new growth in the valley,*1 To see whether the vine had sprouted,*2 Whether the pomegranate trees had blossomed.
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12 Before I knew it, My desire*1 had put me At the chariots of my noble*2 people.”
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13 “Return, return, O Shuʹlam·mite! Return, return, That we may look upon you!” “Why do you gaze upon the Shuʹlam·mite?” “She is like the dance of two companies!”*1
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