• The Shulammite Bride’s Desire

  • 1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
  • 2 “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.
  • 3 “Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you.
  • 4 “Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers.” “We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.”
  • 5 “I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
  • 6 “Do not look at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
  • 7 “Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you shepherd your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?”

  • Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other

  • 8 “If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the dwellings of the shepherds.
  • 9 “To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh I compare you, O my darling.
  • 10 “Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads.”
  • 11 “We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver.”
  • 12 “While the king was at his banqueting table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
  • 13 “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.
  • 14 “My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi.”
  • 15 “Behold, you are beautiful, my darling, Behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.”
  • 16 “Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, Indeed, so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
  • 17 “The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.