Catholic Public Domain Version
"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."
— Song Of Solomon 5:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?”
“ What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us? ”
“How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved”
“The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would admonish us in this manner?”
“What manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, O thou most beautiful among women? what manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that thou hast so adjured us?”
“What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?”
“What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?”
My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.
I rose up in order to open to my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the finest myrrh.
I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved. But he had turned aside and had gone away. My soul melted when he spoke. I sought him, and did not find him. I called, and he did not answer me.
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.