9. O my love [he said as he saw her], you remind me of my [favorite] mare in the chariot spans of Pharaoh.
10. Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11. We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
12. While the king sits at his table [she said], my spikenard [my absent lover] sends forth [his] fragrance [over me].
13. My beloved [shepherd] is to me like a [scent] bag of myrrh that lies in my bosom.