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Solomon’s Love for a Shulamite Girl
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
Kiss me and kiss me again,
for your love is sweeter than wine.
for your love is sweeter than wine.
How pleasing is your fragrance;
your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils.
No wonder all the young women love you!
your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils.
No wonder all the young women love you!
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
Your name is ointment poured forth;
Therefore the virgins love you.
Your name is ointment poured forth;
Therefore the virgins love you.
Take 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.
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.
I am dark but beautiful,
O women of Jerusalem —
dark as the tents of Kedar,
dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
O women of Jerusalem —
dark as the tents of Kedar,
dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
I am dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
Don’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.
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.
If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman,
follow the trail of my flock,
and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
follow the trail of my flock,
and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
You are as exciting, my darling,
as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
I have compared you, my love,
To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
How lovely are your cheeks;
your earrings set them afire!
How lovely is your neck,
enhanced by a string of jewels.
your earrings set them afire!
How lovely is your neck,
enhanced by a string of jewels.
Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with chains of gold.
Your neck with chains of gold.
We will make for you earrings of gold
and beads of silver.
Young Woman
and beads of silver.
Young Woman
The king is lying on his couch,
enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
My lover is like a sachet of myrrh
lying between my breasts.
lying between my breasts.
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
That lies all night between my breasts.
That lies all night between my breasts.
He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En-gedi.
Young Man
from the vineyards of En-gedi.
Young Man
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms
In the vineyards of En Gedi.
In the vineyards of En Gedi.
How beautiful you are, my darling,
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
Young Woman
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
Young Woman
You are so handsome, my love,
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;