1 T he Song of Songs, the most beautiful of them all, which is Solomon’s. The First Song The Woman

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.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

3 Y our oils have a pleasing smell. Your name is like oil poured out. So the young women love you.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4 T ake me away with you, and let us run together. The king has brought me into his room. “We will have joy and be glad because of you. We will praise your love more than wine. 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.

5 “ I am dark but beautiful, O people of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6 D o not look hard at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me, and made me take care of the grape-fields. But I have not taken care of my own grape-field.

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.

7 T ell me, O you whom my soul loves. In what field do you feed your flock? Where do your sheep lie down at noon? Why should I need to look for you beside the flocks of your friends?” King Solomon

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?

8 “ If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the path of the flock. And let your young goats eat in the field beside the tents of the shepherds.

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.

9 “ To me, my love, you are like my horse among the war-wagons of Pharaoh.

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

10 Y our face is beautiful with the objects you wear, and your neck with the beautiful chain around it.

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

11 W e will make objects of gold and silver for you.” The Woman

We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

12 “ While the king was at his table, my perfume gave out its smell.

While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

13 M y loved one is like a jar of perfume to me, who lies all night between my breasts.

A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

14 M y loved one is to me like many henna flowers, in the grape-fields of Engedi.” King Solomon

My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

15 “ How beautiful you are, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.” The Woman

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

16 “ How beautiful you are, my love, and so pleasing! Our bed is green.

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

17 T he pillars of our house are cedars. The pieces on our roof are pine.

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.