¹The Song of aSongs, which is Solomon's.

The Bride Confesses Her Love

She1

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your blove is better than wine;

³your canointing oils are fragrant;

your dname is oil poured out;

therefore virgins love you.

⁴eDraw me after you; flet us run.

gThe king has brought me into his chambers.

Others

We will hexult and rejoice in you;

we will extol byour love more than wine;

rightly do they love you.

She

⁵I am very dark, but ilovely,

O jdaughters of Jerusalem,

like kthe tents of lKedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

⁶Do not gaze at me because I am dark,

because the sun has looked upon me.

My mmother's sons were angry with me;

they made me nkeeper of othe vineyards,

but pmy own vineyard I have not kept!

⁷Tell me, you qwhom my soul loves,

where you rpasture your flock,

where you make it slie down at noon;

for why should I be like one who veils herself

beside the flocks of your tcompanions?

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

⁸If you do not know,

O umost beautiful among women,

follow in the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

beside the shepherds' tents.

⁹I compare you, vmy love,

to wa mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

¹⁰xYour cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

your neck with strings of jewels.

Others

¹¹We will make for you2 ornaments of gold,

studded with silver.

She

¹²While ythe king was on his couch,

my znard gave forth its fragrance.

¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of amyrrh

that lies between my breasts.

¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of bhenna blossoms

in the vineyards of cEngedi.

He

¹⁵dBehold, eyou are beautiful, fmy love;

behold, you are beautiful;

your geyes are doves.

She

¹⁶Behold, you are beautiful, hmy beloved, truly idelightful.

Our couch is green;

¹⁷the beams of our house are jcedar;

our rafters are jpine.