9Most beautiful of women, what makes your beloved better than any other beloved? What makes your beloved better than any other beloved that you make us swear this way? 10My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy. He stands out among 10,000 men. 11His head is the finest gold. His hair is wavy, black as a raven. 12His eyes are set like doves bathing in milk. 13His cheeks are like a garden of spices, a garden that produces scented herbs. His lips are lilies that drip with myrrh. 14His hands are disks of gold set with emerald. His chest is a block of ivory covered with sapphires. 15His legs are columns of marble set on bases of pure gold. His form is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars. 16His mouth is sweet in every way. Everything about him is desirable! This is my beloved, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.
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