Birkat HamazonChapter 6
Shir Hashirim, the Song of Songs, chapter by chapter, ready to read in Hebrew, transliterated or translated.
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6 אָ֚נָה הָלַ֣ךְ דּוֹדֵ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים אָ֚נָה פָּנָ֣ה דוֹדֵ֔ךְ וּנְבַקְשֶׁ֖נּוּ עִמָּֽךְ׃ דּוֹדִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְגַנּ֔וֹ לַעֲרֻג֖וֹת הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם לִרְעוֹת֙ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים וְלִלְקֹ֖ט שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ אֲנִ֤י לְדוֹדִי֙ וְדוֹדִ֣י לִ֔י הָרֹעֶ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ יָפָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ רַעְיָתִי֙ כְּתִרְצָ֔ה נָאוָ֖ה כִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃ הָסֵ֤בִּי עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ מִנֶּגְדִּ֔י שֶׁ֥הֵ֖ם הִרְהִיבֻ֑נִי שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ מִן־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽרְחֵלִ֔ים שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃ כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃ שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מְלָכ֔וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י אַחַ֥ת הִיא֙ לְאִמָּ֔הּ בָּרָ֥ה הִ֖יא לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ רָא֤וּהָ בָנוֹת֙ וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ מְלָכ֥וֹת וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ מִי־זֹ֥את הַנִּשְׁקָפָ֖ה כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַר יָפָ֣ה כַלְּבָנָ֗ה בָּרָה֙ כַּֽחַמָּ֔ה אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃ אֶל־גִּנַּ֤ת אֱגוֹז֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי לִרְא֖וֹת בְּאִבֵּ֣י הַנָּ֑חַל לִרְאוֹת֙ הֲפָֽרְחָ֣ה הַגֶּ֔פֶן הֵנֵ֖צוּ הָרִמֹּנִֽים׃ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי נַפְשִׁ֣י שָׂמַ֔תְנִי מַרְכְּב֖וֹת עַמִּ֥י נָדִֽיב׃
6 anah halach dodeich hayyafah bannashim anah panah dodeich unevakshennu immach dodi yarad leganno laarugot habbosem lir'ot baggannim velilkot shoshannim ani ledodi vedodi li haroeh bashshoshannim yafah att rayati ketirtzah na'vah kirushalam ayummah kannidgalot haseibbi einayich minnegdi sheheim hirhivuni sareich keeider haizzim sheggalshu min-haggilad shinnayich keeider harcheilim shealu min-harachtzah shekkullam matimot veshakkulah ein bahem kefelach harimmon rakkateich mibbaad letzammateich shishshim heimmah melachot ushemonim pilagshim vaalamot ein mispar achat hi yonati tammati achat hi leimmah barah hi leyoladtah ra'uha vanot vayashshruha melachot ufilagshim vayhalluha mi-zo't hannishkafah kemo-shachar yafah challvanah barah kachammah ayummah kannidgalot El-ginnat egoz yaradti lir'ot beibbei hannachal lir'ot hafarchah haggefen heineitzu harimmonim lo yadati nafshi samatni markvot ammi nadiv
6 Where has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies. You are as beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, as comely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and none is bereaved among them. Your temples are like a slice of pomegranate behind your veil. There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number. My dove, my perfect one, is unique; she is the only one of her mother, the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Who is this who looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners? I went down to the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom. Before I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of my noble people.
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Her beloved answers by comparing her to all of Solomon's queens and concubines, declaring that she surpasses them all: "my dove, my perfect one, is unique." The chapter ends with a scene of her going down to the garden, watched by the people as she dances.
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