Song of Songs 6:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ One alone is my dove, my perfect one,
    the darling of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and proclaimed her blessed;
    the queens and concubines sang her praises.

¹⁰ Who is this that comes forth like the dawn,
    beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
    formidable as an army with banners?

¹¹ I went down to the orchard of nut trees
    to look at the green shoots in the valley,^[a]
to see whether the vines had budded
    and whether the pomegranates were in bloom.