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. Beloved

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 your 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.

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

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.

Take me away with you. Let us 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.

5 “ I am dark but beautiful, O people 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.

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.

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.

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, 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? Lover

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 you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

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

I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

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

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

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

We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved

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

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

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

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between 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 to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover

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

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved

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

Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover

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

The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.