The Song of Solomon
1
1 The
Song of songs,
which is Solomon’s.
Beloved
2 Let him
kiss me with
the kisses of
his mouth;
for your love
is better than
wine.
3 Your
oils have a
pleasing fragrance.
Your name is
oil poured out,
therefore the
virgins love you.
4 Take
me away with
you.
Let’s hurry.
The king has
brought me into
his rooms.
Friends
We will be glad
and rejoice in
you.
We will praise your
love more than
wine!
Beloved
They are right
to love you.
5 I am dark,
but lovely,
you daughters of
Jerusalem,
like Kedar’s tents,
like Solomon’s
curtains.
6 Don’t stare
at me because I am
dark,
because the sun
has scorched me.
My mother’s sons
were angry with
me.
They made me
keeper of the
vineyards.
I haven’t kept
my own vineyard.
7 Tell
me, you whom my
soul loves,
where you graze
your flock,
where you rest
them at noon;
for why should
I be as
one who is veiled
beside the flocks
of your companions?
Lover
8 If you don’t
know, most beautiful
among women,
follow the tracks of
the sheep.
Graze your young
goats beside the
shepherds’ tents.
9 I have
compared you, my love,
to a steed in
Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Your
cheeks are
beautiful with earrings,
your neck with
strings of jewels.
Friends
11 We
will make
you earrings of
gold,
with studs of
silver.
Beloved
12 While
the king sat at
his table,
my perfume spread
its fragrance.
13 My beloved
is to me a sachet
of myrrh,
that lies between my
breasts.
14 My beloved
is to me a cluster
of henna blossoms
from the vineyards
of En Gedi.
Lover
15 Behold,
you are beautiful,
my love.
Behold, you are
beautiful.
Your eyes are
like doves.
Beloved
16 Behold, you
are beautiful, my beloved,
yes, pleasant;
and our couch
is verdant.
Lover
17 The
beams of our house
are cedars.
Our rafters are firs.