Song of Solomon 4:1-2

The Voice

4 Him (to her): You, my love, are beautiful.
So beautiful!

Because stimulating images come forth when the lovers describe in intimate detail each other’s bodies, Jewish men were discouraged from reading this greatest of songs until the age of 30.

    Your eyes are like doves
        nestled behind your veil.
    Your hair moves as gracefully as a flock of goats
        leaping down the slopes of Mount Gilead.
²    Your teeth are pearl white like a flock of sheep shorn,
        fresh up from a wash.
    Each perfect and paired with another;
        not one of them is lost.