Thursday, December 15, 2005

You are beautiful, my beloved - Bible

Ah! You are beautiful,
My beloved, you are beautiful.
You eyes behind your veil
Are like the eyes of a doe
And your hair is like
The fleece of sheep racing
Down mount Gilead’s slopes.
Your teeth look like

Flocks of ewes that
Have come after the washing.
Your lips, like strands of scarlet
And your mouth, so lovely.

Your cheeks like half pomegranates,
And you neck like tower of David,
Where hang a thousand bucklers
As shields of valiant men.

Your breasts are like two fawns,
The young of a gazelle
Browsing among lilies.
You are beautiful, my beloved

You are beautiful without fault.
I will climb till dusk
The mountain of myrrh
To bring incense for you.

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The Charms of a Beloved
from the Song of Songs, Chapter 4 in the Bible.
This is my free verse rendering.

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