| 1:2 |
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is bettersweeter than wine. |
| 1:3 |
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidensyoung women love you. |
| 1:4 |
Draw me after you and let’s us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers.” “We will rejoice in you and be gladjoyful; We will extolpraise your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.” |
| 1:5 |
“I am black butand lovelybeautiful, OYou daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 1:6 |
Do not stare at me because I am swarthydark, For the sun has burnedtanned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. |
| 1:7 |
Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you makehave it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?” |
| 1:8 |
“If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forthout on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. |
| 1:10 |
Your cheeks are lovelydelightful with ornamentsjewelry, Your neck with strings of beads.” |
| 1:11 |
“We will make for you ornamentsjewelry of gold With beads of silver.” |
| 1:16 |
“How handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasantdelightful! Indeed, our couchbed is luxuriant! |
| 1:17 |
The beams of our houseshouse are cedars, Our rafters, cypressesjunipers. |
| 2:2 |
“Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidensyoung women.” |
| 2:5 |
SustainRefresh me with raisin cakes, RefreshSustain me with apples, Because I am lovesick. |
| 2:6 |
LetHis his left hand beis under my head, And his right hand embraceembraces me.” |
| 2:7 |
“ISwear adjureto youme, Oyou daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hindsdoes of the field, That you dowill not arousedisturb or awaken my love Until she pleases.” |
| 2:8 |
“Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, ClimbingLeaping on the mountains, LeapingJumping on the hills! |
| 2:12 |
The flowersblossoms have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. |
| 2:13 |
The fig tree has ripened its figsfruit, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!’ ” |
| 2:14 |
“OMy my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secrethiding place of the steepmountain pathway, Let me see yourhow formyou look, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweetpleasant, And youryou formlook is lovelydelightful.” |
| 2:17 |
Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.” |
| 3:2 |
‘I must arise now and go aboutaround in the city; In the streets and in the public squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him. |
| 3:4 |
ScarcelyHardly had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother’s house, And into the room of her who conceived me.” |
| 3:5 |
“ISwear adjureto youme, Oyou daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hindsdoes of the field, That you will not arousedisturb or awaken my love Until she pleases.” |
| 3:6 |
“What is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all the scented powders of the merchant? |
| 3:7 |
Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty mightywarriors men around it, Of the mightywarriors men of Israel. |
| 3:10 |
He made its posts of silver, Its back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fittedinlaid out By the daughters of Jerusalem. |
| 3:11 |
Go forthout, Oyou daughters of Zion, And gazelook onat King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of histhe gladnessjoy of his heart.” |
| 4:2 |
Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewessheep Which have come up from their washingwatering place, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young. |
| 4:3 |
Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovelybeautiful. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. |
| 4:4 |
Your neck is like the tower of David, Built with rowslayers of stones On which are hung a thousand shields, All the round shields of the mighty menwarriors. |
| 4:5 |
Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle WhichThat feedgraze among the lilies. |
| 4:6 |
Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense. |
| 4:7 |
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish inon you. |
| 4:8 |
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, MayYou youshall come with me from Lebanon. JourneyYou shall come down from the summit of Amana, From the summit of Senir and Hermon, From the dens of lions, From the mountains of leopards. |
| 4:9 |
You have madeenchanted my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have madeenchanted my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. |
| 4:10 |
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much bettersweeter is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than that of all kinds of spicesbalsam oils! |
| 4:11 |
Your lips drip honey, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. |
| 4:12 |
A locked garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rocklocked garden lockedspring, a spring sealed upfountain. |
| 4:13 |
Your shootsbranches are an orchard of pomegranates With choicedelicious fruits, henna with nard plants, |
| 4:14 |
Nard and saffron, calamusspice reed and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh, and aloes, along with all the finest spicesbalsam oils. |
| 4:15 |
You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And flowing streams flowing from Lebanon.” |
| 4:16 |
“Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, LetMay its spicesbalsam beoils wafted abroadflow. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choicedelicious fruits!” |
| 5:1 |
“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb andwith my honey; I have drunk my wine andwith my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibedrink deeply, O lovers.” |
| 5:2 |
“I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the dampdew drops of the night.’ |
| 5:4 |
My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were arousedstirred for him. |
| 5:5 |
I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquiddrops of myrrh, On the handles of the bolt. |
| 5:7 |
The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmenguards of the walls took away my shawl away from me. |
| 5:8 |
ISwear adjureto youme, Oyou daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick.” |
| 5:9 |
“What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjuremake us swear in this way?” |
| 5:10 |
“My beloved is dazzling and ruddyreddish, Outstanding among ten thousand. |
| 5:12 |
His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposedperched in their setting. |
| 5:13 |
His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scentedherbal herbsspices; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquiddrops of myrrh. |
| 5:14 |
His hands are rods of gold Set with beryltopaz; His abdomen is carvedpanels of ivory InlaidCovered with sapphires. |
| 5:15 |
His legsthighs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon, Choice as the cedars. |
| 5:16 |
His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, OYou daughters of Jerusalem.” |
| 6:6 |
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes WhichThat have come up from their washingwatering place, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young. |
| 6:8 |
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidensyoung women without number; |
| 6:9 |
But my dove, my perfect one, is unique: She is her mother’s only daughter; She is the pure child of the one who boregave birth to her. The maidensyoung women saw her and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying, |
| 6:10 |
‘Who is this thatwho growslooks down like the dawn, As beautiful as the full moon, As pure as the sun, As awesome as an army with banners?’ |
| 6:11 |
I went down to the orchard of nut trees To see the blossomsplants of the valley, To see whether the vine had buddedgrown Or the pomegranates had bloomed. |
| 6:12 |
Before I was aware, my soul set me Over the chariots of my noble people.” |
| 6:13 |
“Come back, come back, O Shulammite; Come back, come back, so that we may gazelook at you!” “Why should you gazelook at the Shulammite, As at the dance of the two companiesarmies? |
| 7:1 |
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O princePrince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist. |
| 7:2 |
Your navel is like a round goblet WhichThat never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat, FencedSurrounded about with lilies. |
| 7:4 |
Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faceslooks toward Damascus. |
| 7:5 |
Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing lockshair of your head areis like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses. |
| 7:6 |
How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charmsdelights! |
| 7:7 |
Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters. |
| 7:8 |
I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree, I will takegrasp hold of its fruit stalks.’ Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples, |
| 7:9 |
And your mouth like the best wine!” “It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fallare asleep. |
| 7:11 |
Come, my beloved, let’s us go out intoto the country, Let’s us spend the night in the villages. |
| 7:12 |
Let’s us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let’s us see whether the vine has buddedgrown And its blossomsbuds have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. |
| 7:13 |
The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choicedelicious fruits, BothNew newas andwell as old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved. |
| 8:3 |
Let his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.” |
| 8:4 |
“ISwear want you to swearme, Oyou daughters of Jerusalem,: Do not arousedisturb or awaken my love Until she pleases.” |
| 8:5 |
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved?” “Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother waswent ininto labor with you, There she was in labor and gave birth to you birth. |
| 8:6 |
Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashesflames are flashesflames of fire, The very flame of the Lord. |
| 8:7 |
Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflowflood over it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.” |
| 8:13 |
“OYou you who sit in the gardens,: My companions are listening for your voice— Let me hear it!” |
| 8:14 |
“Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.”balsam trees!” |