How beautiful you are, my lover!
Oh how beautiful!
I rejoice and delight, my lover;
I celebrate your love more than
wine and gold of great wealth.

I liken you, my lover, to a mare
harnessed to one of the chariots
of powerful men of this earth.
Your cheeks are beautiful with
ear-rings, your neck with strings
of jewels, your eyes are doves.
I'll make you ear-rings of gold,
studded with silver.

Let her kiss me with the kisses
of her mouth-for your love is
more delightful than wine.
Pleasing is fragrance of your
perfumes; your name is like
perfume poured out.
No wonder you are loved!

Take me away with you- let us hurry.
Let my lover come into my chambers.
Our bed is verdant.
The beams of our house are careers;
Our rafters are firs.
How charming!