| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 1 (1:1-8) Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth! (1:2) | Wish of woman | 17 17 (8:13-14) Be swift, my lover, like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices! (8:14) |
| 2 2 (1:9-17) 1:14 My lover is for me a cluster of henna from the vineyards of Engedi.(1:14) | Vineyards | 16 16 (8:11-12) 8:11 B Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; (8:11) |
| 3 3 (2:1-7) 2:4 He brings me into the banquet hall and his emblem over me is love.(2:4) | Courtship | 15 15 (8:8-10) 8:8 What shall we do for our sister when her courtship begins?(8:8) |
| 4 4 (2:8-17) 2:8 B Hark! my lover-here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills.(2:8) | Arrival of the lover | 14 14 (8:5-7) 8:5 D Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning upon her lover? (8:5) |
| 5 5 (3:1-5) 3:5Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time.(3:5) | Do not stir up love | 13 13 (8:1-4) 8:4 Do not arouse, do not stir up love, before its own time.(8:4) |
| 6 6 (3:6-11) King Solomon made himself a carriage of wood from Lebanon. (3:9) | A king | 12 12 (6:11-7:14) You head rises like Carmel; your hair is like draperies of purple; a king is held captive in its tresses. (7:6) |
| 7 7 (4:1-7) 4:1 G Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved, ah, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down the mountains of Gilead.(4:1) | Beautiful lover | 11 11 (6:4-10) 5:9 D How does your lover differ from any other, O most beautiful among women? How does your lover differ from any other, that you adjure us so?(5:9) |
| 8 8 (4:8-16_5:1) 5:1 G I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride (5:1) | Going to a garden | 10 10 (5:9-6:3) 6:2 B My lover has come down to his garden, to the beds of spice (6:2) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 1 (1:1-8) 1:7 B Tell me, you whom my heart loves, where you pasture your flock, where you give them rest at midday (1:7) | To find the lover | 9 9 (5:2-8) 5:6 I sought him but I did not find him; I called to him but he did not answer me.(5:6) |
| 2 2 (1:9-17) 1:12 B For the king's banquet my nard gives forth its fragrance.(1:12) | Nard | 8 8 (4:8-16_5:1) 4:13 You are a park that puts forth pomegranates, with all choice fruits;(4:13) |
| 3 3 (2:1-7) 2:1 I am a flower of Sharon, a lily of the valley.(2:1) | Beauty as a lily | 7 7 (4:1-7) 4:5 Your breasts are like twin fawns, the young of a gazelle that browse among the lilies.(4:5) |
| 4 4 (2:8-17) 2:8 B Hark! my lover-here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills.(2:8) | Arrival of the lover | 6 6 (3:6-11) 3:6 D What is this coming up from the desert, like a column of smoke Laden with myrrh, with frankincense, and with the perfume of every exotic dust?(3:6) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 9 9 (5:2-8) 5:6 I called to him but he did not answer me.(5:6) | Words of the lover | 17 17 (8:13-14) 8:13 G O garden-dweller, my friends are listening for your voice, let me hear it!(8:13) |
| 10 10 (5:9-6:3) 6:2 B My lover has come down to his garden, to the beds of spice, To browse in the garden and to gather lilies.(6:2) | Keeper | 16 16 (8:11-12) 8:11 B Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave over the vineyard to caretakers. (8:11) |
| 11 11 (6:4-10) 6:4 G You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my beloved, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered troops.(6:4) | Metaphors of towns | 15 15 (8:8-10) 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. (8:10) |
| 12 12 (6:11-7:14) 7:1 D Turn, turn, O Shulammite, turn, turn, that we may look at you!(7:1) | Arrival of the lover | 14 14 (8:5-7) 8:5 D Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning upon her lover? (8:5) |