Song of Solomon 1

¹ The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine.

³ Your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
therefore the young women love you.

⁴ Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.
We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.

⁵ I am dark and I am beautiful,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.

⁶ Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because the sun has stared at me.
My mother's sons were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept.

⁷ Tell me, you whom my heart loves,
where you pasture your flock,
where 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 do not know, O fairest of women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds' tents.

⁹ To a mare among Pharaoh's chariots
I compare you, my darling.

¹⁰ Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹ We will make for you ornaments of gold
studded with silver.

¹² While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.

¹³ My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh;
he lies between my breasts.

¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of En-gedi.

¹⁵ Ah, you are beautiful, my darling;
ah, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.

¹⁶ Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely.
Our couch is green,

¹⁷ the beams of our house are cedar,
our rafters are pine.