Song of Songs 1
1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
The Song of Songs, that [is] of Solomon.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your breasts are better than wine.
Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better [are] your loves than wine.
3 And the smell of your ointments is better than all spices: your name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love you.
For fragrance [are] your good perfumes. Perfume emptied out—your name, Therefore have virgins loved you!
4 They have drawn you: we will run after you, for the smell of your ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in you; we will love your breasts more than wine: righteousness loves you.
Draw me: we run after you, The king has brought me into his inner chambers, We delight and rejoice in you, We mention your loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved you!
5 I am black, but beautiful, you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
I [am] dark and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, as tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
6 Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
Do not fear me, because I [am] very dark, Because the sun has scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard—my own—I have not kept.
7 Tell me, [you] whom my soul loves, where you tend your flock, where you cause [them] to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of your companions.
Declare to me, you whom my soul has loved, Where you delight, Where you lie down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of your companions?
8 If you know not yourself, you fair one among women, go you forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed your kids by the shepherd's tents.
If you do not know, O beautiful among women, Go forth by the traces of the flock, And feed your kids by the shepherds’ dwellings!
9 I have likened you, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.
To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared you, my friend,
10 How are your cheeks beautiful as [those] of a dove, your neck as chains!
Your cheeks have been lovely with garlands, your neck with chains.
11 We will make you figures of gold with studs of silver.
We make garlands of gold for you, with studs of silver!
12 So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell.
While the king [is] in his circle, My spikenard has given its fragrance.
13 My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh [is] my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodges.
14 My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi.
A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
15 Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves.
Behold, you [are] beautiful, my friend, Behold, you [are] beautiful, your eyes [are] doves!
16 Behold, you are fair, my kinsman, yes, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
Behold, you [are] beautiful, my love, indeed, pleasant, Indeed, our bed [is] green,
17 The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.
The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
