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If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.

To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.

Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as jewels.

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Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep(A) at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled(B) woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(C)
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

He

I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(D)

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