Song of Solomon

¹ Solomon’s Song of Songs.

² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.

³ your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you!

⁴ Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. Beloved How right they are to adore you!

⁵ O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.

⁶ because I am darkened by the sun. My mother’s sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I have neglected.

⁷ and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?

⁸ If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.

⁹ I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.

¹⁰ your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹ studded with silver.

¹² While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

¹³ resting between my breasts.

¹⁴ from the vineyards of En Gedi.

¹⁵ How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.

¹⁶ How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.

¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.