Song of Songs 4 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Sng 4:1

Sng 4:1Young Man
You are beautiful, my darling,
beautiful beyond words.
Your eyes are like doves
behind your veil.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

Sng 4:2

Sng 4:2Your teeth are as white as sheep,
recently shorn and freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.[fn]

Sng 4:3

Sng 4:3Your lips are like scarlet ribbon;
your mouth is inviting.
Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
behind your veil.

Sng 4:4

Sng 4:4Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David,
jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.

Sng 4:5

Sng 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns,
twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Sng 4:6

Sng 4:6Before the dawn breezes blow
and the night shadows flee,
I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of frankincense.

Sng 4:7

Sng 4:7You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
beautiful in every way.

Sng 4:8

Sng 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
come with me from Lebanon.
Come down[fn] from Mount Amana,
from the peaks of Senir and Hermon,
where the lions have their dens
and leopards live among the hills.

Sng 4:9

Sng 4:9You have captured my heart,
my treasure,[fn] my bride.
You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes,
with a single jewel of your necklace.

Sng 4:10

Sng 4:10Your love delights me,
my treasure, my bride.
Your love is better than wine,
your perfume more fragrant than spices.

Sng 4:11

Sng 4:11Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
Your clothes are scented
like the cedars of Lebanon.

Sng 4:12

Sng 4:12You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride,
a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.

Sng 4:13

Sng 4:13Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates
with rare spices—
henna with nard,

Sng 4:14

Sng 4:14nard and saffron,
fragrant calamus and cinnamon,
with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,
and every other lovely spice.

Sng 4:15

Sng 4:15You are a garden fountain,
a well of fresh water
streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.

Sng 4:16

Sng 4:16Young Woman
Awake, north wind!
Rise up, south wind!
Blow on my garden
and spread its fragrance all around.
Come into your garden, my love;
taste its finest fruits.

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NLT Footnotes

(4:2)

Hebrew Not one is missing; each has a twin.

(4:8)

Or Look down.

(4:9)

Hebrew my sister; also in 4:10, 12.

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