¹⁶ Behold, you are ^(A)handsome, my beloved!
Yes, pleasant!
Also our ^[a]bed is green.

³ Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down in his shade with great delight,
And ^(A)his fruit was sweet to my taste.

^17 (A)Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
And be ^(B)like a gazelle
Or a young stag
Upon the mountains of ^[a]Bether.

⁸ I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
That you tell him I am lovesick!