¹The Song of songs , which is Solomon ’s.

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

for your love is better than wine .

³Your oils have a pleasing fragrance .

Your name is oil poured out ,

therefore the virgins love you .

⁴Take me away with you .

Let ’s hurry.

The king has brought me into his rooms .

We will be glad and rejoice in you .

We will praise your love more than wine !

They are right to love you .

⁵I am dark, but lovely ,

you daughters of Jerusalem ,

like Kedar ’s tents,

like Solomon ’s curtains .

⁶Don’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 .

⁷Tell 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 ?

⁸If you don’t know , most beautiful amongst women,

follow the tracks of the sheep .

Graze your young goats beside the shepherds ’ tents .

⁹I have compared you, my love ,

to a steed in Pharaoh ’s chariots .

¹⁰Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,

your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹We will make you earrings of gold ,

with studs of silver .

¹²While the king sat at his table ,

my perfume spread 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

from the vineyards of En Gedi.

¹⁵Behold , you are beautiful , my love .[#1:15 “Behold”, from “”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.]

Behold , you are beautiful .

Your eyes are like doves .

¹⁶Behold , you are beautiful , my beloved , yes , pleasant ;

and our couch is verdant.

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars.

Our rafters are firs.