The Fourth Quest (Continued) - Love Sought & Found in the City (5:2 - 7:11)
(c'. Woman's Night Search for the Man -- 5:2 - 7:11)

Chorus (6:1)

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

Abishag (6:2-3)

² My beloved
is gone down into his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to feed in the gardens,
and to gather lilies.
³ I am my beloved's,
and my beloved is mine:
he feedeth among the lilies.

Solomon (6:4-10)

⁴ Thou art beautiful, O my love,
as Tirzah,
comely
as Jerusalem,
terrible
as an army with banners.
⁵ Turn away thine eyes from [before] me,
for they have overcome me:
thy hair is as a flock of goats
that appear from Gilead.
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.
⁷ As a piece of a pomegranate
are thy temples [from] within thy locks.
⁸ There are threescore queens,
and fourscore concubines,
and virgins without number.
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.
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?

Abishag (6:11-12)

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.
¹² Or ever I was aware,
my soul made me like
the chariots of Amminadib [or, chariots of my people of nobels].

Chorus (6:13)

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.