Song of Solomon 1
The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters
1The ▼▼ Or Best of the Songs
Song of bSongs, which is Solomon’s. 2 ▼▼ BRIDE
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your dlove is better than wine.
3“Your eoils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your fname is like ▼
▼ Lit oil which is emptied (from one vessel to another)
purified oil;Therefore the ▼
▼ Or virgins
,
imaidens love you.4“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The jking has brought me into his chambers.”
▼
▼ CHORUS
“We will rejoice in you and be glad;We will ▼
▼ Lit mention with praise
extol your mlove more than wine.Rightly do they love you.”
5 ▼
▼ BRIDE
“I am black but olovely,O pdaughters of Jerusalem,
Like the qtents of rKedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
6“Do not stare at me because I am ▼
▼ Or black
swarthy,For the sun has burned me.
My tmother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me ucaretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
7“Tell me, O you vwhom my soul loves,
Where do you wpasture your flock,
Where do you make it xlie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who ▼
▼ Some versions read wanders
veils herselfBeside the flocks of your zcompanions?”
Solomon, the Lover, Speaks
8 ▼▼ BRIDEGROOM
“If you yourself do not know,abMost beautiful among women,
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
9 ▼
▼ Lit I have compared you to
“To me, admy darling, you are likeMy aemare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
10“Your afcheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of agbeads.”
11 ▼
▼ CHORUS
“We will make for you ornaments of goldWith beads of silver.”
12 ▼
▼ BRIDE
“While the king was at his ▼▼ Or couch
table,My ▼
▼ Lit nard
,
alperfume gave forth its fragrance.13“My beloved is to me a pouch of ammyrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
14“My beloved is to me a cluster of anhenna blossoms
In the vineyards of aoEngedi.”
15 ▼
▼ BRIDEGROOM
,
▼▼ Lit Behold
,
ar“How beautiful you are, my darling,▼
▼ Lit Behold
How beautiful you are!Your ateyes are like doves.”
16 ▼
▼ BRIDE
,
▼▼ Lit Behold
“How handsome you are, awmy beloved,And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
17“The beams of our houses are axcedars,
Our rafters, ▼
▼ Or junipers
,
azcypresses.
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