5 I have entered my garden, my treasure, my bride! Yes, drink deeply of your love! 2 I slept, but my heart was awake, my hair with the dampness of the night.” 3 But I responded, Should I get them soiled?” 4 My lover tried to unlatch the door, and my heart thrilled within me. 5 I jumped up to open the door for my love, as I pulled back the bolt. 6 I opened to my lover, but there was no reply. 7 The night watchmen found me those watchmen on the walls. 8 Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— tell him I am weak with love. 9 Why is your lover better than all others, that we must promise this? 10 My lover is dark and dazzling, better than ten thousand others! 11 His head is finest gold, his wavy hair is black as a raven. 12 His eyes sparkle like doves washed in milk. 13 His cheeks are like gardens of spices perfumed with myrrh. 14 His arms are like rounded bars of gold, glowing with lapis lazuli. 15 His legs are like marble pillars like the noble cedars of Lebanon. 16 His mouth is sweetness itself; is my lover, my friend.