Shir-HaShirim (Sng) 1

1The Ultimate Song, by Shlomo:

2Let him smother me with kisses from his mouth,

for your love is better than wine.

3Your anointing oils have a wonderful fragrance;

your name is like anointing oil poured out.

This is why young women love you —

4“Take me with you. We will run after you.”

The king has brought me into his rooms.

We will be glad and rejoice for you.

We will praise your love more than wine.

How right it is for them to love you!

5I am dark tan but beautiful,

you daughters of Yerushalayim,

like the tents of Kedar,

like the curtains of Shlomo.

6Don’t stare at me because I’m dark;

it’s the sun that tanned me.

My mother’s sons were angry with me

and made me look after the vineyards.

But I haven’t cared for my own vineyard.

7Tell me, my love, where you pasture your flock,

where you have them rest at noon;

for why should I veil myself [like a whore]

beside the flocks of your friends?

8If you do not know,

you most beautiful of women,

then follow the footprints of the flock

and let your kids graze by the shepherds’ tents.

9My love, I compare you with my mare,

pulling one of Pharaoh’s chariots —

10your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

your neck with its strings of beads;

11we will make you ornaments

of gold, studded with silver.

12As the king reclines at table,

my nard gives forth its perfume:

13to me the man I love is a sachet of myrrh

lodged between my breasts;

14to me the man I love is a spray of henna flowers

in the vineyards of ‘Ein-Gedi.

15Look at you, my love! How beautiful you are!

Your eyes are doves —

16— Look at you!

So handsome, so pleasing, my darling!

Our bed is the greenery;

17cedars are the beams of our houses,

cypresses the rafters.

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Shir haShirim (Song of Songs) 1

1The song of songs, which is Shelomoh’s.

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, For your carnal-love are better than wine.

3For fragrance your oils are good. Your name is oil poured forth,#See Eccl. 7:1 Therefore the young women#See Explanatory Notes "Maiden" love you.

4Draw me! We run after you. The sovereign has brought me into his inner rooms. We exult and rejoice in you. We praise your carnal-love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

5I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Yerushalayim, Like the tents of Qĕḏar, Like the curtains of Shelomoh.

6Do not look upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me. My mother’s sons were displeased with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards, My own vineyard I have not kept.

7Make known to me, O you whom my being loves, Where you feed your flock, Where you make it rest at noon. For why should I be as one who is veiled Beside the flocks of your companions?

8If you do not know, O beautiful among women, Go in the footsteps of the flock, And feed your little goats beside the shepherds’ dwellings.

9I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.

10Your cheeks are pretty with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads.

11Let us make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.

12While the sovereign is at his table, My nard shall give its fragrance.

13My beloved is a bundle of myrrh to me, Lying between my breasts.

14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms In the vineyards of Ěn Geḏi.

15See, you are beautiful, my love! See, you are beautiful! Your eyes are as doves.

16See, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green.

17The beams of our houses are cedar, our rafters are of fir.

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