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The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
Solomon’s Love for a Shulamite Girl
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine.
For your love is better than wine.
“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.
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
Your name is ointment poured forth;
Therefore the virgins love you.
Your name is ointment poured forth;
Therefore the virgins love you.
“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.”
“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.
I am dark, 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.
“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 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, 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.
“To me, my darling, you are like
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
I have compared you, my love,
To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
“Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of beads.”
Your neck with strings of beads.”
Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with chains of gold.
Your neck with chains of gold.
“We will make for you ornaments of gold
With beads of silver.”
With beads of silver.”
“While the king was at his table,
My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
Which lies all night between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
That lies all night between my breasts.
That lies all night between 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 to me a cluster of henna blooms
In the vineyards of En Gedi.
In the vineyards of En Gedi.
“How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”
“How handsome you are, my beloved,
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!