Chapter 1
1 The Song of songs , which is Solomon ’s. Beloved
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth ; for your love is better than wine .
3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance . Your name is oil poured out , therefore the virgins love you .
4 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 .
5 I am dark, but lovely , you daughters of Jerusalem , like Kedar ’s tents, like Solomon ’s curtains .
6 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 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 don’t know , most beautiful amongst women, follow the tracks of the sheep . Graze your young goats beside the shepherds ’ tents .
9 I have compared you, my love , to a steed in Pharaoh ’s chariots .
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. Friends
11 We will make you earrings of gold , with studs of silver . Beloved
12 While the king sat at his table , my perfume spread its fragrance .
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh , that lies between my breasts .
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
15 Behold , ", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. you are beautiful , my love . Behold , you are beautiful . Your eyes are like doves . Beloved
16 Behold , you are beautiful , my beloved , yes , pleasant ; and our couch is verdant. Lover
17 The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.