He is looking at her but no touching yet

Scripture Text: Song of Solomon  4:1 – 3     (22a, page 181)

Verses 1 -3

Behold! You are beautiful, my darling companion.

Behold! You are beautiful.

Your eyes are doves behind your veil.

Your hair is like a flock of goats moving briskly down Mount Gilead.

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep which have come up from the washing, each one bearing twins and bereaved of not one of them.

Like a scarlet ribbon are your lips, and your mouth is lovely.

Like the sliced opening of a pomegranate are your parted lips behind your veil.

Below are some selections from other versions

verse 1

your hair [makes me think of the black, wavy fleece] of a flock of [the Arabian] goats which one sees trailing down Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan on the frontiers of the desert]. AMP

verse  1

Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. ESV

verse  1

Your hair tosses about as gracefully as goats coming down from Gilead CEV

verse  1

Your hair is like a flock of goats moving briskly down Mount Gilead GLK

verse  3

behind your veil are hidden beautiful rosy cheeks. CEV

verse  3

Your lips are like a bright red ribbon. NIRV

verse  3

Like the sliced opening of a pomegranate are your parted lips behind your veil GLK