Song of Solomon 1

1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance; your name is oil poured out; that is why the young women love you.

4Draw me after you; let us run! The king has brought me into his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to love you!

5I am dark, but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

6Do not stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has gazed on me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.

7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where do you pasture your flock? Where do you rest it at noon? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads.

11We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.

12While the king was at his table, my nard gave off its fragrance.

13My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh that lies between my breasts.

14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.

15How beautiful you are, my darling! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves.

16How handsome you are, my beloved, how delightful! Our bed is lush and green.

17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are cypresses.