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1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.[#1:1 Or Best of the Songs]
2¶“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth![#1:2 BRIDE]
For your love is better than wine.
3“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your name is like purified oil;
Therefore the maidens love you.
4“Draw me after you and let us run together !
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“W e will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
5¶“I am black but lovely,[#1:5 BRIDE]
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
6“Do not look at me because I am swarthy,[#1:6 Or black]
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 veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”
8¶“If you yourself do not know,[#1:8 BRIDEGROOM]
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 beads.”
11¶“We will make for you ornaments of gold[#1:11 CHORUS]
With beads of silver.”
12¶“While the king was at his banqueting table,[#1:12 BRIDE; #1:12 Or couch]
My 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¶“Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,[#1:15 BRIDEGROOM]
Behold, you are beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.”
16¶“Behold, you are handsome, my beloved,[#1:16 BRIDE]
Indeed, so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
17“The beams of our houses are cedars,
Our rafters, cypresses.