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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
The Bride Confesses Her Love
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.
your name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.Others
We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.
The king has brought me into his chambers.Others
We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.
The Friends
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
She
I am very dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
I am very dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
The Bride
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept!
because the sun has looked upon me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept!
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Tell me, you whom my soul 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?
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?
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
If you do not know,
O most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds’ tents.
He
If you do not know,
O most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds’ tents.
Solomon Speaks
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
your neck with strings of jewels.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
The Friends
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
She
While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
The Bride
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
that lies between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of Engedi.
in the vineyards of Engedi.
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
He
Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.
Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.
Solomon
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
She
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
The Bride
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.