KJV ¹ Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

VULC ¹ [Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum ad areolam aromatum,
ut pascatur in hortis, et lilia colligat.

KJV ² My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

VULC ² Ego dilecto meo, et dilectus meus mihi,
qui pascitur inter lilia.

KJV ³ I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

VULC ³ Pulchra es, amica mea ;
suavis, et decora sicut Jerusalem ;
terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata.

KJV ⁴ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

VULC ⁴ Averte oculos tuos a me,
quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt.
Capilli tui sicut grex caprarum
quæ apparuerunt de Galaad.

KJV ⁵ Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

VULC ⁵ Dentes tui sicut grex ovium
quæ ascenderunt de lavacro :
omnes gemellis fœtibus,
et sterilis non est in eis.

KJV ⁶ Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

VULC ⁶ Sicut cortex mali punici, sic genæ tuæ,
absque occultis tuis.

KJV ⁷ As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

VULC ⁷ Sexaginta sunt reginæ, et octoginta concubinæ,
et adolescentularum non est numerus.

KJV ⁸ There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

VULC ⁸ Una est columba mea, perfecta mea,
una est matris suæ, electa genetrici suæ.
Viderunt eam filiæ, et beatissimam prædicaverunt ;
reginæ et concubinæ, et laudaverunt eam.

KJV ⁹ My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

VULC ⁹ Quæ est ista quæ progreditur quasi aurora consurgens,
pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol,
terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata ?

KJV ¹⁰ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

VULC ¹⁰ Descendi in hortum nucum,
ut viderem poma convallium,
et inspicerem si floruisset vinea,
et germinassent mala punica.

KJV ¹¹ I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.

VULC ¹¹ Nescivi : anima mea conturbavit me,
propter quadrigas Aminadab.

KJV ¹² Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

VULC ¹² Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis !
revertere, revertere ut intueamur te.]

KJV ¹³ Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.