Song of Songs 6:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ “I went down to a grove of nut trees.
    I wanted to look at the new plants growing in the valley.
I wanted to find out whether the vines had budded.
    I wanted to see if the pomegranate trees had bloomed.
¹² Before I realized it,
    I was among the royal chariots of my people.”

¹³ “Come back to us.
    Come back, Shulammite woman.
Come back to us.
    Come back. Then we can look at you.”

“Why do you want to look at the Shulammite woman
    as you would watch a dancer at Mahanaim?”