Song of Songs 1

1This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.H7892H7892H80102[Young Woman

] Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.H5401H5390H6310H1730H2896H31963How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all the young women love you!H7381H2896H8081H8034H8081H7324H5959H1574Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. [Young Women of Jerusalem] How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. [Young Woman] How right they are to adore you.H4900H7323H310H4428H935H2315H1523H8055H2142H1730H3196H4339H1575I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem—dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.H7838H5000H1323H3389H168H6938H3407H80106Don’t stare at me because I am dark—the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.H7200H7840H8121H7805H517H1121H2787H7760H5201H3754H3754H52017Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute

among your friends and their flocks?H5046H5315H157H7462H349H7257H6672H4100H5844H5739H22708[Young Man] If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.H3045H3303H802H3318H6119H6629H7462H1429H7462H49089You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.H1819H7474H5484H6547H739310How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.H3895H4998H8447H6677H273711We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.H6213H8447H2091H5351H370112[Young Woman] The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.H4428H4524H5373H5414H738113My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.H6872H4753H1730H3885H769914He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.H1730H811H3724H3754H587215[Young Man] How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.H3303H7474H3303H3123H586916[Young Woman] You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;H3303H1730H5273H6210H748817fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.H6982H1004H730H7351H7351H1266