Song of Solomon 1
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1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.1 Solomon's Finest Song. W
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;2Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
3your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.3The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating; your name is perfume poured out. No wonder young women adore you.
4Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. Others We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.4Take me with you--let us hurry. Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers. Y We will rejoice and be glad for you; we will praise your love more than wine. W It is only right that they adore you.
5I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.5Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.
6Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!6Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard.
7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?7Tell me, you, the one I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? M
8If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds' tents.
9I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.10Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry, your neck with its necklace.
11We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.11We will make gold jewelry for you, accented with silver. W
12While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.12While the king is on his couch, my perfume releases its fragrance.
13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.13My love is a sachet of myrrh to me, spending the night between my breasts.
14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.14My love is a cluster of henna blossoms to me, in the vineyards of En-gedi. M
15Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.15How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves. W
16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;16How handsome you are, my love. How delightful! Our bed is lush with foliage;
17the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.17the beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are cypresses.
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