# Song 6
## Together in the Garden
*The Friends*
- 1 Where has your beloved gone,
- O most beautiful among women?
- Which way has he turned?
- We will seek him with you.
*The Bride*
- 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden,
- to the beds of spices,
- to pasture his flock in the gardens
- and to gather lilies.
- 3 I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me;
- he pastures his flock among the lilies.
*The Bridegroom*
- 4 You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah,
- as lovely as Jerusalem,
- as majestic as troops with banners.
- 5 Turn your eyes away from me,
- for they have overcome me.
- Your hair is like a flock of goats
- streaming down from Gilead.
- 6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
- coming up from the washing;
- each has its twin,
- and not one of them is lost.
- 7 Your brow behind your veil
- is like a slice of pomegranate.
- 8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,
- and maidens without number,
- 9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,
- the favorite of the mother who bore her.
- The maidens see her and call her blessed;
- the queens and concubines sing her praises.
*The Friends*
- 10 Who is this who shines like the dawn,
- as fair as the moon,
- as bright as the sun,
- as majestic as the stars in procession?
*The Bridegroom*
- 11 I went down to the walnut grove
- to see the blossoms of the valley,
- to see if the vines were budding
- or the pomegranates were in bloom.
- 12 Before I realized it, my desire had set me
- among the royal chariots of my people. {[[#^bsb-22-06-a| bsb-a ]], [[#^niv-22-06-a| niv-a ]]}
*The Friends*
- 13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite!
- Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you.
*The Bridegroom*
- Why do you look at the Shulammite,
- as on the dance of Mahanaim {[[#^bsb-22-06-b| bsb-b ]], [[#^niv-22-06-b| niv-b ]]}?
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### Footnotes:
- BSB
- 12 a Or among the chariots of Amminadab ^bsb-22-06-a
- 13 b Or the dance of the two camps ^bsb-22-06-b
- NIV
- a 12 Or *among the chariots of Amminadab*; or *among the chariots of the people of the prince* ^niv-22-06-a
- b 13 In Hebrew texts this verse {6.13} is numbered {7.1} ^niv-22-06-b
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