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11 His head is like ·the finest [pure] gold;
    his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves [1:15]
    by ·springs [streams] of water.
They seem to be bathed in ·cream [milk; C referring to the white of the eye]
    ·and are set like jewels [or sitting by pools].
13 His cheeks are like beds of spices [C his beard is perfumed];
    ·they smell like mounds of perfume [L growing aromatics].
His lips are like lilies
    flowing with myrrh [4:14].

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