3 Like a braid of scarlet are thy lips,

And thy mouth is lovely: [[156]]

Like a part of the pomegranate

Are thy cheeks behind thy veil;

4 Thy neck is like the tower of David,

Reared for the builder’s model:

A thousand shields are hung upon it, [[157]]

All sorts of bucklers of the mighty.

5 Thy bosom like two young fawns,

Twins of a gazelle, feeding among lilies.