[1] The song of songs, which is Solomon's. [2] "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine. [3] Because of the savor of thy good ointments, thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee. [4] Draw me, we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his chambers." "We will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than wine; the upright love thee." [5] "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. [6] Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. [7] Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?" [8] "If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. [9] I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. [10] Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold." [11] "We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver." [12] "While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. [13] A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts. [14] My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of Engedi." [15] "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes." [16] "Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our bed is green. [17] The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
