Shir-HaShirim (Sng) 1
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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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1 Kgs 4.32
The most beautiful of songs, by Solomon.#1.1 by Solomon; or dedicated to Solomon, or about Solomon.
The First Song
The Woman
2Your lips cover me with kisses;
your love is better than wine.
3There is a fragrance about you;
the sound of your name recalls it.
No woman could help loving you.
4Take me with you, and we'll run away;
be my king and take me to your room.
We will be happy together,
drink deep, and lose ourselves in love.
No wonder all women love you!
5Women of Jerusalem, I am dark but#1.5 but; or and. beautiful,
dark as the desert tents of Kedar,
but beautiful as the curtains in Solomon's palace.
6Don't look down on me because of my colour,
because the sun has tanned me.
My brothers were angry with me
and made me work in the vineyard.
I had no time to care for myself.
7Tell me, my love,
Where will you lead your flock to graze?
Where will they rest from the noonday sun?
Why should I need to look for you
among the flocks of the other shepherds?#1.7 Probable text Why should I… shepherds; Hebrew unclear.
The Man
8Don't you know the place, loveliest of women?
Go and follow the flock;
find pasture for your goats
near the tents of the shepherds.
9You, my love, excite men
as a mare excites the stallions of Pharaoh's chariots.
10Your hair is beautiful upon your cheeks
and falls along your neck like jewels.
11But we will make for you a chain of gold
with ornaments of silver.
The Woman
12My king was lying on his couch,
and my perfume filled the air with fragrance.
13My lover has the scent of myrrh
as he lies upon my breasts.
14My lover is like the wild flowers
that bloom in the vineyards at Engedi.
The Man
15How beautiful you are, my love;
how your eyes shine with love!
The Woman
16How handsome you are, my dearest;
how you delight me!
The green grass will be our bed;
17the cedars will be the beams of our house,
and the cypress trees the ceiling.
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