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The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters

The 1Song of aSongs, which is Solomon’s.

●The Bride
2 “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your alove is 1sweeter than wine.3 “Your aoils have a pleasing fragrance,Your bname is like 1purified oil;Therefore the 2cyoung women love you.4 “Draw me after you and let’s run together!The aking has brought me into his chambers.”The Chorus“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;We will praise your blove more than wine.Rightly do they love you.”
The Bride
5 “I am black and abeautiful,You bdaughters of Jerusalem,Like the ctents of dKedar,Like the curtains of Solomon.6 “Do not stare at me because I am 1dark,For the sun has tanned me.My amother’s sons were angry with me;They made me bcaretaker of the vineyards,But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.7 “Tell me, you awhom my soul loves,Where do you bpasture your flock,Where do you have it clie down at noon?For why should I be like one who 1veils herselfBeside the flocks of your dcompanions?”
Solomon, the Lover, Speaks
8 “If you yourself do not know,aMost beautiful among women,Go out on the trail of the flock,And pasture your young goatsBy the tents of the shepherds.
9 “1To me, amy darling, you are likeMy bmare among the chariots of Pharaoh.10 “Your acheeks are delightful with jewelry,Your neck with strings of bbeads.”
The Chorus
11 “We will make for you jewelry of goldWith beads of silver.”
The Bride
12 “While the king was at his table,My 1aperfume gave forth its fragrance.13 “My beloved is to me a pouch of amyrrhWhich lies all night between my breasts.14 “My beloved is to me a cluster of ahenna blossomsIn the vineyards of bEngedi.”
The Groom
15 “1aHow beautiful you are, my darling,2How beautiful you are!Your beyes are like doves.”
The Bride
16 “1How handsome you are, amy beloved,And so delightful!Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!17 “The beams of our house are acedars,Our rafters, bjunipers.