Catholic Public Domain Version
"Bride: My beloved is white and ruddy, elect among thousands. "
— Song Of Solomon 5:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.”
“His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and fitly set. ”
“His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.”
“His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.”
“His eyes as doves upon brooks of waters, which are washed with milk, and sit beside the plentiful streams.”
“His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the water streams, washed with milk, and rightly placed.”
“His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.”
The keepers who circulate through the city found me. They struck me, and wounded me. The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me.
I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, announce to him that I languish through love.
Chorus to Bride: What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, so that you would bind us by oath?
Bride: My beloved is white and ruddy, elect among thousands.
His head is like the finest gold. His locks are like the heights of palm trees, and as black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves, which have been washed with milk over rivulets of waters, and which reside near plentiful streams.
His cheeks are like a courtyard of aromatic plants, sown by perfumers. His lips are like lilies, dripping with the best myrrh.