Chapter 5

¹ Let my kinsman come down into his garden,

Song 5:1

² I sleep, but my heart is awake:

Song 5:2

³ I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on?

Song 5:3

⁴ My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole [of the door],

Song 5:4

⁵ I rose up to open to my kinsman;

Song 5:5

⁶ I opened to my kinsman;

Song 5:6

⁷ The watchmen that go their rounds in the city found me,

Song 5:7

⁸ I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

Song 5:8

⁹ What is thy kinsman [more] than [another] kinsman,

Song 5:9

¹⁰ My kinsman is white and ruddy,

Song 5:10

¹¹ His head is [as] very fine gold,

Song 5:11

¹² His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters,

Song 5:12

¹³ His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes:

Song 5:13

¹⁴ His hands are as turned gold set with beryl:

Song 5:14

¹⁵ His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets:

Song 5:15

¹⁶ His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable.

Song 5:16