Song of Solomon 1

1:1

This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

1:3

The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

1:4

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

1:5

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

1:6

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

1:7

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

1:8

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

1:9

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

1:10

Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

1:11

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

1:12

While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

1:13

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

1:14

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Ein Gedi.

1:15

How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

1:16

How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

1:17

The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.