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

• 我心所爱的阿、求你告诉我你在何处牧羊、晌午在何处使羊歇卧．我何必在你同伴的羊群旁边、好像蒙著脸的人呢。