Song of Songs 1
The Young Shulammite Bride And Jerusalem’s Daughters
1The Song of Songs [the best of songs], which is Solomon’s.
(The Shulammite Bride)
“For your love is better than wine.
Your name is perfume poured out;
Therefore the maidens love you.
Let the king bring me into his chambers.”
We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
(The Shulammite Bride)
O daughters of Jerusalem,
[I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar,
Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.
[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.”
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?”
(The Bridegroom)
O you fairest among women,
Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
My [favorite] mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
Your neck with strings of jewels.”
[Studded] with beads of silver.”
My perfume (Solomon) sent forth [his] fragrance [surrounding me].
Which lies all night between my breasts.
In the [fragrant] vineyards of Engedi.”
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”
And so delightful!
Our arbor is green and luxuriant.
Our rafters and panels are cypresses.