9. What is thy beloved more than another beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so charge us?
10. My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
11. His head is as the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
12. His eyes are like doves by the water-brooks, Washed with milk, fitly set;
13. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
14. His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is bright ivory, overlaid with sapphires;
15. His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;
16. His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.