1This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.4Take 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.Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.6Do 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.Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.7Tell 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?Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?8If 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.If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels.11We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver.12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.
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