The beloved continues that her beloved's cheeks are like beds of spices, banks of sweet-smelling herbs, and his lips are lilies dripping with liquid myrrh, establishing his face as fragrant and sensually beautiful. The reference to spices and sweet-smelling herbs evokes garden imagery and suggests that the beloved's lover is himself a source of aromatic pleasure similar to the gardens and landscape described elsewhere in the poem. The description of his lips as lilies dripping with myrrh establishes that his mouth itself is a source of sensory pleasure and that his speech is sweet and valuable. This verse theologically suggests that the beloved's appreciation of her lover encompasses sensory and aromatic dimensions, and that authentic love involves recognition of the beloved's fragrant presence.

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