Song of Solomon 1

The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters

1The #Some theologians believe the Song of Solomon to be a collection of songs, but it is more generally understood to be a sort of drama or lyric poem celebrating the wholesomeness of a growing love that leads to maturity in marriage. The ancient rabbis understood it as an allegory of the relationship between God and Israel, and viewed the details as symbolic.Song of Songs [the best of songs], which is Solomon’s.

2“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!” [Solomon arrives, she turns to him, saying,]

“For your love is better than wine.

3The aroma of your oils is fragrant and pleasing;

Your name is perfume poured out;

Therefore the maidens love you.

4Draw me away with you and let us run together!

Let the king bring me into his chambers.”

“We will rejoice and be glad in you;

We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.

Rightly do they love you.”

5“I am deeply tanned but lovely,

O daughters of Jerusalem,

[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,

Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.

6Do not gaze at me because I am deeply tanned,

[I have worked in] the sun; it has left its mark on me.

My mother’s sons were angry with me;

They made me keeper of the vineyards,

But my own vineyard (my complexion) I have not kept.”

7“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,

Where do you pasture your flock,

Where do you make it lie down at noon?

For why should I be like one who is veiled

Beside the flocks of your companions?”

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

8“If you do not know [where your lover is],

O you fairest among women,

Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,

And pasture your young goats

By the tents of the shepherds.

9“To me, my love, you are like

My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

Your neck with strings of jewels.”

11“We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold,

[Studded] with beads of silver.”

12“While the king was at his table,

My perfume (Solomon) sent forth [his] fragrance [surrounding me].

13My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrh

Which lies all night between my breasts.

14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna flowers

In the [fragrant] vineyards of #An oasis on the western side of the Dead Sea.Engedi.”

15“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,

Behold, how beautiful you are!

Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”

16“Behold, how fair and handsome you are, my beloved;

And so delightful!

Our arbor is green and luxuriant.

17The beams of our houses are cedars,

Our rafters and panels are cypresses.

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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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