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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon 1

  • 1
    Solomon’s Love for a Shulamite Girl

    The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
  • 1
    Solomon’s Song of Songs.
  • 2
    The Banquet

    The [a]Shulamite

    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth —
    For [b]your love is better than wine.
  • 2
    Shea

    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth —
    for your love is more delightful than wine.
  • 3
    Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
    Your name is ointment poured forth;
    Therefore the virgins love you.
  • 3
    Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
    your name is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women love you!
  • 4
    Draw me away!
    The Daughters of Jerusalem

    We will run after [c]you.
    The Shulamite

    The king has brought me into his chambers.
    The Daughters of Jerusalem

    We will be glad and rejoice in [d]you.
    We will remember your love more than wine.
    The Shulamite

    Rightly do they love you.
  • 4
    Take me away with you — let us hurry!
    Let the king bring me into his chambers.
    Friends

    We rejoice and delight in youb;
    we will praise your love more than wine.
    She

    How right they are to adore you!
  • 5
    I am dark, but lovely,
    O daughters of Jerusalem,
    Like the tents of Kedar,
    Like the curtains of Solomon.
  • 5
    Dark am I, yet lovely,
    daughters of Jerusalem,
    dark like the tents of Kedar,
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.c
  • 6
    Do not look upon me, because I am dark,
    Because the sun has [e]tanned me.
    My mother’s sons were angry with me;
    They made me the keeper of the vineyards,
    But my own vineyard I have not kept.
  • 6
    Do not stare at me because I am dark,
    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 had to neglect.
  • 7
    (To Her Beloved)

    Tell me, O you whom I love,
    Where you feed your flock,
    Where you make it rest at noon.
    For why should I be as one who [f]veils herself
    By the flocks of your companions?
  • 7
    Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep at midday.
    Why should I be like a veiled woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?
  • 8
    The Beloved

    If you do not know, O fairest among women,
    [g]Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
    And feed your little goats
    Beside the shepherds’ tents.
  • 8
    Friends

    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 have compared you, my love,
    To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
  • 9
    He

    I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
  • 10
    Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
    Your neck with chains of gold.
  • 10
    Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.
  • 11
    The Daughters of Jerusalem

    We will make [h]you ornaments of gold
    With studs of silver.
  • 11
    We will make you earrings of gold,
    studded with silver.
  • 12
    The Shulamite

    While the king is at his table,
    My [i]spikenard sends forth its fragrance.
  • 12
    She

    While the king was at his table,
    my perfume spread its fragrance.
  • 13
    A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
    That lies all night between my breasts.
  • 13
    My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
    resting between my breasts.
  • 14
    My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms
    In the vineyards of En Gedi.
  • 14
    My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
    from the vineyards of En Gedi.
  • 15
    The Beloved

    Behold, you are fair, [j]my love!
    Behold, you are fair!
    You have dove’s eyes.
  • 15
    He

    How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.
  • 16
    The Shulamite

    Behold, you are handsome, my beloved!
    Yes, pleasant!
    Also our [k]bed is green.
  • 16
    She

    How handsome you are, my beloved!
    Oh, how charming!
    And our bed is verdant.
  • 17
    The beams of our houses are cedar,
    And our rafters of fir.
  • 17
    He

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