12. While the king sits at his table [she said], my spikenard [my absent lover] sends forth [his] fragrance [over me].
13. My beloved [shepherd] is to me like a [scent] bag of myrrh that lies in my bosom.
14. My beloved [shepherd] is to me a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of En-gedi [famed for its fragrant shrubs].
15. Behold, you are beautiful, my love! Behold, you are beautiful! You have doves' eyes.
16. [She cried] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved [shepherd], yes, delightful! Our arbor and couch are green and leafy.
17. The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters and panels are cypresses or pines.