Song of Solomon 1
The Shulammite Bride’s Desire
1The ▼▼Or Best of the Songs
Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. 2“ ▼
▼BRIDE
May he 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 like ▼
▼Lit oil which is emptied (from one vessel to another)
purified oil;Therefore the ▼
▼Or virgins
maidens love you.4“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“ ▼
▼CHORUS
We will rejoice in you and be glad;We will ▼
▼Lit make remembrance of
extol your love more than wine.Rightly do they love you.”
5“ ▼
▼BRIDE
I am black but lovely,O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
6“Do not look at me because I am ▼
▼Or black
swarthy,For the sun has burned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
7“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you shepherd your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who ▼
▼Some versions wanders
veils herselfBeside the flocks of your companions?”
Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other
8“ ▼▼BRIDEGROOM
If you yourself do not know,Most beautiful among women,
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the dwellings of the shepherds.
9“To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh
I compare you, O my darling.
10“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of ▼
▼Or shells
beads.”11“ ▼
▼CHORUS
We will make for you ornaments of goldWith beads of silver.”
12“ ▼
▼BRIDE
While the king was at his ▼▼Or couch
banqueting table,My ▼
▼Lit nard
perfume gave forth its fragrance.13“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
14“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
In the vineyards of Engedi.”
15“ ▼
▼BRIDEGROOM
Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,Behold, you are beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.”
16“ ▼
▼BRIDE
Behold, you are handsome, my beloved,Indeed, so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
17“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters, ▼
▼Or junipers
cypresses.
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