Song of Solomon 1
The Bride Confesses Her Love
1 Solomon’s Song of Songs. ▼▼Most translators include speaker identifications such as The Bride, The Groom, and The Friends based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words
The Bride
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. 3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you. 4 Take me away with you— let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers.The Friends
We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love above wine. It is only right that they adore you.The Bride
5 I am dark yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. 6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own vineyard I have neglected. 7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?The Friends
8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.The Groom
9 I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings [of jewels] .The Friends
11 We will make you ornaments of gold, [studded] with beads of silver.The Bride
12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. 13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.The Groom
15 How beautiful [you are] , my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are [like] doves.The Bride
16 How handsome [you are] , my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass [is] our bed.The Groom
17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters [are] fragrant firs.
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