1 Solomon's Song of Songs. |
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-
for your love is more delightful than wine. |
3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the maidens love you! |
4 Take me away with you-let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers. |
5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.1 1:5 Or Salma |
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother's sons were angry with me
and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I have neglected. |
7 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? |
8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
by the tents of the shepherds. |
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare
harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh. |
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels. |
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver. |
12 While the king was at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance. |
13 My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh
resting between my breasts. |
14 My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En Gedi. |
15 How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves. |
16 How handsome you are, my lover!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant. |
17 The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs. |
