Song of Solomon 1
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1Solomon's Song of Songs.1This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other. Young Woman
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine.2Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
3Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!3How pleasing is your fragrance; your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils. No wonder all the young women love you!
4Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She How right they are to adore you!4Take 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.
5Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.5I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
6Do 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.6Don’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.
7Tell 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?7Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks? Young Man
8If 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.8If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
9I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses.9You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.10How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.
11We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.11We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver. Young Woman
12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.12The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.13My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.14He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi. Young Man
15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.15How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. Young Woman
16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.16You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;
17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.17fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
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