9. O my love [he said as he saw her], you remind me of my [favorite] mare in the chariot spans of Pharaoh.
10. Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11. We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
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.