¹Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum ad areolam aromatum,Bride: My beloved has descended to his garden, to the courtyard of aromatic plants,ut pascatur in hortis, et lilia colligat.in order to pasture in the gardens and gather the lilies.

¹Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum ad areolam aromatum,Bride: My beloved has descended to his garden, to the courtyard of aromatic plants,ut pascatur in hortis, et lilia colligat.in order to pasture in the gardens and gather the lilies.

²Ego dilecto meo,I am for my beloved,et dilectus meus mihi,and my beloved is for me.qui pascitur inter lilia.He pastures among the lilies.

²Ego dilecto meo,I am for my beloved,et dilectus meus mihi,and my beloved is for me.qui pascitur inter lilia.He pastures among the lilies.

³Pulchra es,Groom to Bride:amica mea; suavis,My love, you are beautiful:et decora sicut Jerusalem;sweet and graceful, like Jerusalem;terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata.terrible, like an army in battle array.

³Pulchra es,Groom to Bride:amica mea; suavis,My love, you are beautiful:et decora sicut Jerusalem;sweet and graceful, like Jerusalem;terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata.terrible, like an army in battle array.

⁴Averte oculos tuos a me,Avert your eyes from me,quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt.for they have caused me to fly away.Capilli tui sicut grex caprarum quæ apparuerunt de Galaad.Your hair is like a flock of goats, which have appeared out of Gilead.

⁴Averte oculos tuos a me,Avert your eyes from me,quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt.for they have caused me to fly away.Capilli tui sicut grex caprarum quæ apparuerunt de Galaad.Your hair is like a flock of goats, which have appeared out of Gilead.

⁵Dentes tui sicut grex ovium quæ ascenderunt de lavacro:Your teeth are like a flock of sheep, which have ascended from the washing,omnes gemellis fœtibus,each one with its identical twin,et sterilis non est in eis.and not one among them is barren.

⁵Dentes tui sicut grex ovium quæ ascenderunt de lavacro:Your teeth are like a flock of sheep, which have ascended from the washing,omnes gemellis fœtibus,each one with its identical twin,et sterilis non est in eis.and not one among them is barren.

⁶Sicut cortex mali punici,Like the skin of a pomegranate,sic genæ tuæ,so are your cheeks,absque occultis tuis.except for your hiddenness.

⁶Sicut cortex mali punici,Like the skin of a pomegranate,sic genæ tuæ,so are your cheeks,absque occultis tuis.except for your hiddenness.

⁷Sexaginta sunt reginæ,There are sixty queens,et octoginta concubinæ,and eighty concubines,et adolescentularum non est numerus.and maidens without number.

⁷Sexaginta sunt reginæ,There are sixty queens,et octoginta concubinæ,and eighty concubines,et adolescentularum non est numerus.and maidens without number.

⁸Una est columba mea,One is my dove,perfecta mea,my perfect one.una est matris suæ,One is her mother;electa genetrici suæ.elect is she who bore her.Viderunt eam filiæ,The daughters saw her,et beatissimam prædicaverunt;and they proclaimed her most blessed.reginæ et concubinæ,The queens and concubines saw her,et laudaverunt eam.and they praised her.

⁸Una est columba mea,One is my dove,perfecta mea,my perfect one.una est matris suæ,One is her mother;electa genetrici suæ.elect is she who bore her.Viderunt eam filiæ,The daughters saw her,et beatissimam prædicaverunt;and they proclaimed her most blessed.reginæ et concubinæ,The queens and concubines saw her,et laudaverunt eam.and they praised her.

⁹Quæ est ista quæ progreditur quasi aurora consurgens,Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who advances like the rising dawn,pulchra ut luna,as beautiful as the moon,electa ut sol,as elect as the sun,terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?as terrible as an army in battle array?

⁹Quæ est ista quæ progreditur quasi aurora consurgens,Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who advances like the rising dawn,pulchra ut luna,as beautiful as the moon,electa ut sol,as elect as the sun,terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?as terrible as an army in battle array?

¹⁰Descendi in hortum nucum,Bride:ut viderem poma convallium,I descended to the garden of nuts,et inspicerem si floruisset vinea,in order to see the fruits of the steep valleys,et germinassent mala punica.and to examine whether the vineyard had flourished and the pomegranates had produced buds.

¹⁰Descendi in hortum nucum,Bride:ut viderem poma convallium,I descended to the garden of nuts,et inspicerem si floruisset vinea,in order to see the fruits of the steep valleys,et germinassent mala punica.and to examine whether the vineyard had flourished and the pomegranates had produced buds.

¹¹Nescivi:I did not understand.anima mea conturbavit me, propter quadrigas Aminadab.My soul was stirred up within me because of the chariots of Amminadab.

¹¹Nescivi:I did not understand.anima mea conturbavit me, propter quadrigas Aminadab.My soul was stirred up within me because of the chariots of Amminadab.

¹²Revertere,Chorus to Bride:revertere,Return, return,Sulamitis!O Sulamitess.revertere,Return, return,revertere ut intueamur te.so that we may consider you.

¹²Revertere,Chorus to Bride:revertere,Return, return,Sulamitis!O Sulamitess.revertere,Return, return,revertere ut intueamur te.so that we may consider you.