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The Bride Confesses Her Love
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters
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.
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine.
For your love is better than wine.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your name is like purified oil;
Therefore the maidens love you.
Your name is like purified oil;
Therefore the maidens 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.
“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
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.
“I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
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.
“Do not stare at me because I am swarthy,
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.
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.
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?
“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture 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?”
Where do you pasture 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?”
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.
Solomon, the Lover, Speaks
“If you yourself do not know,
Most beautiful among women,
Go forth on the trail of the flock
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
“To me, my darling, you are like
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of beads.”
Your neck with strings of beads.”
The Friends
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
“We will make for you ornaments of gold
With beads of silver.”
With beads of silver.”
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.
“While the king was at his table,
My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
Which lies all night between my breasts.
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
In the vineyards of Engedi.”
In the vineyards of Engedi.”
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.
“How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”
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.
“How handsome you are, my beloved,
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!