Song of Solomon 1

¹The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

The Bride Confesses Her Love

She

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your love is better than wine;

³your anointing oils are fragrant;

your name is oil poured out;

therefore virgins love you.

⁴Draw me after you; let us run.

The king has brought me into his chambers.

We will exult and rejoice in you;

we will extol your love more than wine;

rightly do they love you.

She

⁵I am very dark, but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

like the tents of Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

⁶Do not gaze at me because I am dark,

because the sun has looked upon me.

My mother's sons were angry with me;

they made me keeper of the vineyards,

but my own vineyard I have not kept!

⁷Tell me, you whom my soul loves,

where you pasture your flock,

where you make it lie down at noon;

for why should I be like one who veils herself

beside the flocks of your companions?

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

⁸If you do not know,

O most beautiful among women,

follow in the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

beside the shepherds' tents.

⁹I compare you, my love,

to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

¹⁰Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

your neck with strings of jewels.

Others

¹¹We will make for you ornaments of gold,

studded with silver.

She

¹²While the king was on his couch,

my nard gave forth its fragrance.

¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh

that lies between my breasts.

¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms

in the vineyards of Engedi.

He

¹⁵Behold, you are beautiful, my love;

behold, you are beautiful;

your eyes are doves.

She

¹⁶Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.

Our couch is green;

¹⁷the beams of our house are cedar;

our rafters are pine.