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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.
Kiss me and kiss me again,
for your love is sweeter than wine.
for your love is sweeter than wine.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
How pleasing is your fragrance;
your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils.
No wonder all the young women love you!
your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils.
No wonder all the young women love you!
Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
Take me with you; come, let’s run!
The king has brought me into his bedroom.
Young Women of Jerusalem
How happy we are for you, O king.
We praise your love even more than wine.
Young Woman
How right they are to adore you.
The king has brought me into his bedroom.
Young Women of Jerusalem
How happy we are for you, O king.
We praise your love even more than wine.
Young Woman
How right they are to adore 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. They love thee uprightly.
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. They love thee uprightly.
I am dark but beautiful,
O women of Jerusalem —
dark as the tents of Kedar,
dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
O women of Jerusalem —
dark as the tents of Kedar,
dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
The Bride
I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Don’t stare at me because I am dark —
the sun has darkened my skin.
My brothers were angry with me;
they forced me to care for their vineyards,
so I couldn’t care for myself — my own vineyard.
the sun has darkened my skin.
My brothers were angry with me;
they forced me to care for their vineyards,
so I couldn’t care for myself — my own vineyard.
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 keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?
If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman,
follow the trail of my flock,
and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
follow the trail of my flock,
and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
Solomon Speaks
If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths.
If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths.
You are as exciting, my darling,
as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
I compare thee, my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
How lovely are your cheeks;
your earrings set them afire!
How lovely is your neck,
enhanced by a string of jewels.
your earrings set them afire!
How lovely is your neck,
enhanced by a string of jewels.
Thy cheeks are comely with bead-rows, Thy neck with ornamental chains.
We will make for you earrings of gold
and beads of silver.
Young Woman
and beads of silver.
Young Woman
The Friends
We will make thee bead-rows of gold With studs of silver.
We will make thee bead-rows of gold With studs of silver.
The king is lying on his couch,
enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
The Bride
While the king is at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance.
While the king is at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance.
My lover is like a sachet of myrrh
lying between my breasts.
lying between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; He shall pass the night between my breasts.
He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En-gedi.
Young Man
from the vineyards of En-gedi.
Young Man
My beloved is unto me a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of Engedi.
How beautiful you are, my darling,
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
Young Woman
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
Young Woman
Solomon
Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
You are so handsome, my love,
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;
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.