Song of Songs 1

¹Song of Songs 1:1. This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.²Song of Songs 1:2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.³Song of Songs 1:3. The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.⁴Song of Songs 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.⁵Song of Songs 1:5. I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.⁶Song of Songs 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.⁷Song of Songs 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?⁸Song of Songs 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.

⁹Song of Songs 1:9. I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.¹⁰Song of Songs 1:10. Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.¹¹Song of Songs 1:11. We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.¹²Song of Songs 1:12. While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.¹³Song of Songs 1:13. My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.¹⁴Song of Songs 1:14. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.¹⁵Song of Songs 1:15. How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.¹⁶Song of Songs 1:16. How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.¹⁷Song of Songs 1:17. The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.