| 1:1 |
The Song of songsSongs, which is Solomons. |
| 1:2 |
LetMay himhe kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;! For thyyour love is better than wine. |
| 1:3 |
ThineYour oils have a goodlypleasing fragrance;, ThyYour name is aslike purified oil poured forth; Therefore do the virginsmaidens love theeyou. |
| 1:4 |
Draw me; weafter willyou and let us run aftertogether! thee: The king hathhas brought me into his chambers;. We will berejoice gladin you and rejoicebe in theeglad; We will makeextol mentionyour of thy love more than of wine:. Rightly do they love theeyou. |
| 1:5 |
I am black, but comelylovely, OhO ye daughters of Jerusalem, AsLike the tents of Kedar, AsLike the curtains of Solomon. |
| 1:6 |
LookDo not uponstare at me, because I am swarthy, BecauseFor the sun hathhas scorchedburned me. My mothers sons were incensedangry againstwith me; They made me keepercaretaker of the vineyards;, But mineI ownhave vineyardnot havetaken Icare notof keptmy own vineyard. |
| 1:7 |
Tell me, O thouyou whom my soul lovethloves, Where thoudo feedestyou thypasture your flock, Where thoudo makestyou make it tolie restdown at noon:? For why should I be aslike one thatwho isveils veiledherself Beside the flocks of thyyour companions? |
| 1:8 |
If thouyou knowyourself do not know, OMost thoubeautiful fairest among women, Go thy way forth byon the footstepstrail of the flock, And feedpasture thyyour kidsyoung besidegoats By the tents of the shepherds tents. |
| 1:9 |
ITo haveme, comparedmy theedarling, Oyou myare love,like ToMy amare steedamong inthe Pharaohschariots chariotsof Pharaoh. |
| 1:10 |
ThyYour cheeks are comelylovely with plaits of hairornaments, ThyYour neck with strings of jewelsbeads. |
| 1:11 |
We will make theefor plaitsyou ornaments of gold With studsbeads of silver. |
| 1:12 |
While the king satwas at his table, My spikenardperfume sentgave forth its fragrance. |
| 1:13 |
My beloved is untoto me as a bundlepouch of myrrh, ThatWhich liethlies betwixtall night between my breasts. |
| 1:14 |
My beloved is untoto me as a cluster of henna flowersblossoms In the vineyards of En gediEngedi. |
| 1:15 |
Behold,How thoubeautiful artyou fairare, my love;darling, BeholdHow thoubeautiful artyou fair;are! ThineYour eyes are aslike doves. |
| 1:16 |
Behold,How thouhandsome artyou fairare, my beloved, yea,And so pleasant:! AlsoIndeed, our couch is green.luxuriant! |
| 1:17 |
The beams of our househouses are cedars, AndOur our rafters, are firscypresses. |
| 2:1 |
I am athe rose of Sharon, AThe lily of the valleys. |
| 2:2 |
AsLike a lily among the thorns, So is my lovedarling among the daughtersmaidens. |
| 2:3 |
AsLike thean apple tree among the trees of the woodforest, So is my beloved among the sonsyoung men. IIn sathis downshade underI histook shadowgreat withdelight greatand delightsat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. |
| 2:4 |
He has brought me to thehis banquetingbanquet househall, And his banner over me wasis love. |
| 2:5 |
StaySustain ye me with raisinsraisin cakes, refreshRefresh me with apples;, ForBecause I am sick from lovelovesick. |
| 2:6 |
HisLet his left hand isbe under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. |
| 2:7 |
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes,gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That yeyou stirwill not up,arouse noror awakeawaken my love, Until heshe pleasepleases. |
| 2:8 |
TheListen! voiceMy of my beloved! beholdBehold, he comethis coming, LeapingClimbing uponon the mountains, SkippingLeaping uponon the hills.! |
| 2:9 |
My beloved is like a roegazelle or a young hart:stag. Behold, he standethis standing behind our wall;, He lookethis inlooking atthrough the windows;, He glancethis peering through the lattice. |
| 2:10 |
My beloved spake,responded and said untoto me, Rise upArise, my lovedarling, my fairbeautiful one, andAnd come awayalong. |
| 2:11 |
For, lobehold, the winter is past;, The rain is over and gone;. |
| 2:12 |
The flowers appearhave onalready appeared in the earthland; The time ofhas thearrived singingfor ofpruning birdsthe is comevines, And the voice of the turtleturtledove dovehas isbeen heard in our land;. |
| 2:13 |
The fig tree ripenethhas herripened greenits figs, And the vines are in blossom; Theyhave givegiven forth their fragrance. Arise, my lovedarling, my fairbeautiful one, andAnd come away.along! |
| 2:14 |
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covertsecret place of the steep placepathway, Let me see thyyour countenanceform, Let me hear thyyour voice; For sweetyour voice is thy voicesweet, andAnd thyyour countenanceform is comelylovely. |
| 2:15 |
TakeCatch us the foxes for us, theThe little foxes, Thatthat spoilare ruining the vineyards;, ForWhile our vineyards are in blossom. |
| 2:16 |
My beloved is mine, and I am his:; He feedethpastures his flock among the lilies. |
| 2:17 |
Until the daycool beof cool,the andday when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roegazelle orOr a young hartstag Uponon the mountains of Bether. |
| 3:1 |
ByOn my bed night onafter mynight bed I sought him whomWhom my soul loveth:loves; I sought him, but Idid foundnot find him not. |
| 3:2 |
I said,must Iarise will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadsquares ways I willmust seek him whom my soul loveth:loves. I sought him, but Idid foundnot find him not. |
| 3:3 |
The watchmen thatwho gomake aboutthe rounds in the city found me;, ToAnd whom I said, SawHave yeyou seen him whom my soul lovethloves? |
| 3:4 |
ItScarcely washad but a little that I passedleft from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth:loves; I held on to him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him intoto my mothers house, And into the chamberroom of her thatwho conceived me. |
| 3:5 |
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes,gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That yeyou stirwill not up,arouse noror awakeawaken my love, Until heshe pleasepleases. |
| 3:6 |
WhoWhat is this thatcoming cometh up from the wilderness Like pillarscolumns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all scented powders of the merchant? |
| 3:7 |
Behold, it is the littertraveling couch of Solomon; ThreescoreSixty mighty men arearound about it, Of the mighty men of Israel. |
| 3:8 |
TheyAll allof handlethem are wielders of the sword, andExpert are expert in war:; EveryEach man hathhas his sword uponat his thighside, BecauseGuarding ofagainst fearthe interrors of the night. |
| 3:9 |
King Solomon has made for himself a palanquinsedan Ofchair From the woodtimber of Lebanon. |
| 3:10 |
He made theits pillarsposts thereof of silver, TheIts bottomback thereof of gold, theAnd its seat of itpurple of purplefabric, TheWith midstits thereofinterior beinglovingly pavedfitted without love,By From the daughters of Jerusalem. |
| 3:11 |
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, andAnd beholdgaze kingon King Solomon, Withwith the crown wherewithWith which his mother hathhas crowned him InOn the day of his espousalswedding, And inon the day of thehis gladness of his heart. |
| 4:1 |
Behold,How thoubeautiful artyou fairare, my love; beholddarling, thouHow artbeautiful fair;you Thineare! Your eyes are aslike doves behind thyyour veil.; ThyYour hair is aslike a flock of goats, That liehave alongdescended thefrom sideMount of mount Gilead. |
| 4:2 |
ThyYour teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, ewes Which arehave come up from thetheir washing, WhereofAll everyof onewhich hathbear twins, And nonenot isone bereaved among them has lost her young. |
| 4:3 |
ThyYour lips are like a scarlet thread of scarlet, And thyyour mouth is comelylovely. ThyYour temples are like a pieceslice of a pomegranate Behind thyyour veil. |
| 4:4 |
ThyYour neck is like the tower of David BuildedBuilt forwith anrows armoryof stones, WhereonOn therewhich hangare hung a thousand bucklersshields, All the round shields of the mighty men. |
| 4:5 |
ThyYour two breasts are like two fawns, ThatTwins are twins of a roegazelle, Which feed among the lilies. |
| 4:6 |
Until the daycool beof cool,the andday When the shadows flee away, I will getgo memy way to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. |
| 4:7 |
ThouYou artare allaltogether fairbeautiful, my love;darling, And there is no spotblemish in theeyou. |
| 4:8 |
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, WithMay you come with me from Lebanon:. LookJourney down from the topsummit of Amana, From the topsummit of Senir and Hermon, From the dens of lions dens, From the mountains of the leopards. |
| 4:9 |
ThouYou hasthave ravishedmade my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; ThouYou hasthave ravishedmade my heart beat faster with onea single glance of thineyour eyes, With onea chainsingle strand of thyyour necknecklace. |
| 4:10 |
How fairbeautiful is thyyour love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thyyour love than wine!, And the fragrance of thineyour oils thanThan all mannerkinds of spices! |
| 4:11 |
ThyYour lips, O my bride, dropdrip ashoney; the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thyyour tongue;, And the smellfragrance of thyyour garments is like the smellfragrance of Lebanon. |
| 4:12 |
A garden shutlocked up is my sister, my bride;, A springrock shutgarden uplocked, a fountainspring sealed up. |
| 4:13 |
ThyYour shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, withWith preciouschoice fruits;, Hennahenna with spikenardnard plants, |
| 4:14 |
SpikenardNard and saffron, Calamuscalamus and cinnamon, withWith all the trees of frankincense;, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the chieffinest spices. |
| 4:15 |
ThouYou artare a fountaingarden of gardensspring, A well of livingfresh waterswater, And streams flowing streams from Lebanon. |
| 4:16 |
Awake, O north wind;, andAnd come, thouwind of the south; BlowMake upon my garden breathe out fragrance, thatLet theits spices thereofbe maywafted flow outabroad. LetMay my beloved come into his garden, And eat hisits preciouschoice fruits.! |
| 5:1 |
I amhave come into my garden, my sister, my bride:; I have gathered my myrrh along with my spice;balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb withand my honey; I have drunk my wine withand my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea,and drinkimbibe abundantlydeeply, O belovedlovers. |
| 5:2 |
I was asleep, but my heart waked:was Itawake. isA the voice! ofMy my beloved thatwas knocketh,knocking: saying, Open to me, my sister, my lovedarling, myMy dove, my undefiled;perfect one! For my head is filleddrenched with dew, My locks with the dropsdamp of the night. |
| 5:3 |
I have puttaken off my garment;dress, howHow shallcan I put it on again? I have washed my feet;, howHow shallcan I defiledirty them again? |
| 5:4 |
My beloved putextended in his hand bythrough the hole of the dooropening, And my heartfeelings waswere movedaroused for him. |
| 5:5 |
I rosearose up to open to my beloved; And my hands droppeddripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, UponOn the handles of the bolt. |
| 5:6 |
I opened to my beloved;, But my beloved had withdrawnturned himself,away and washad gone.! My soulheart hadwent failedout meto whenhim as he spake:spoke. I soughtsearched for him, but I coulddid not find him; I called him, but he gavedid menot noanswer answerme. |
| 5:7 |
The watchmen thatwho gomake aboutthe rounds in the city found me, They smotestruck me, theyand wounded me; The keepersguardsmen of the walls took away my mantleshawl from me. |
| 5:8 |
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If yeyou find my beloved, ThatAs yeto what you will tell him,: thatFor I am sick from lovelovesick. |
| 5:9 |
What iskind thyof beloved moreis thanyour another beloved, O thoumost fairestbeautiful among women? What iskind thyof beloved moreis thanyour another beloved, That thouthus dostyou so adjure us? |
| 5:10 |
My beloved is whitedazzling and ruddy, TheOutstanding chiefest among ten thousand. |
| 5:11 |
His head is aslike thegold, mostpure fine gold; His locks are bushylike clusters of dates, andAnd black as a raven. |
| 5:12 |
His eyes are like doves, besideBeside thestreams of water brooks, WashedBathed within milk, andAnd fitlyreposed setin their setting. |
| 5:13 |
His cheeks are aslike a bed of spicesbalsam, AsBanks banks of sweet scented herbs:; His lips are as lilies, droppingDripping with liquid myrrh. |
| 5:14 |
His hands are asrods rings of gold setSet with beryl:; His bodyabdomen is ascarved ivory workInlaid overlaid with sapphires. |
| 5:15 |
His legs are as pillars of marble,alabaster setSet uponon socketspedestals of finepure gold:; His aspectappearance is like Lebanon, excellentChoice as the cedars. |
| 5:16 |
His mouth is mostfull sweet;of Yea,sweetness. And he is altogetherwholly lovelydesirable. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. |
| 6:1 |
WhitherWhere ishas thyyour beloved gone, O thoumost fairestbeautiful among women? WhitherWhere hathhas thyyour beloved turned him, That we may seek him with theeyou? |
| 6:2 |
My beloved ishas gone down to his garden, To the beds of spicesbalsam, To feedpasture his flock in the gardens, andAnd to gather lilies. |
| 6:3 |
I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine:, He feedethwho pastures his flock among the lilies. |
| 6:4 |
ThouYou artare fair,as Obeautiful myas loveTirzah, asmy Tirzahdarling, ComelyAs lovely as Jerusalem, TerribleAs awesome as an army with banners. |
| 6:5 |
Turn awayyour thine eyes away from me, For they have overcomeconfused me.; ThyYour hair is aslike a flock of goats, That liehave alongdescended thefrom side of Gilead. |
| 6:6 |
ThyYour teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which arehave come up from thetheir washing;, WhereofAll everyof onewhich hathbear twins, And nonenot isone bereaved among them has lost her young. |
| 6:7 |
ThyYour temples are like a pieceslice of a pomegranate Behind thyyour veil. |
| 6:8 |
There are threescoresixty queens, and fourscoreeighty concubines, And virginsmaidens without number.; |
| 6:9 |
MyBut my dove, my undefiledperfect one, is butunique: one; She is theher mothers only one of her motherdaughter; She is the choicepure onechild of herthe thatone barewho bore her. The daughtersmaidens saw her, and called her blessed; Yea, theThe queens and the concubines also, and they praised her., saying, |
| 6:10 |
Who is shethis that lookethgrows forthlike as the morningdawn, FairAs beautiful as the full moon, ClearAs pure as the sun, TerribleAs awesome as an army with banners? |
| 6:11 |
I went down intoto the gardenorchard of nuts,nut trees To see the greenblossoms plants of the valley, To see whether the vine had budded, AndOr the pomegranates werehad in flowerbloomed. |
| 6:12 |
Before I was aware, my soul set me AmongOver the chariots of my princelynoble people. |
| 6:13 |
ReturnCome back, returncome back, O Shulammite; ReturnCome back, returncome back, that we may lookgaze uponat thee.you! Why willshould yeyou lookgaze uponat the Shulammite, As uponat the dance of Mahanaimthe two companies? |
| 7:1 |
How beautiful are thyyour feet in sandals, O princes daughter! ThyThe roundedcurves thighsof your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of aan skilful workmanartist. |
| 7:2 |
ThyYour bodynavel is like a round goblet, WhereinWhich nonever mingledlacks mixed wine; isYour wanting:belly Thy waist is like a heap of wheat SetFenced about with lilies. |
| 7:3 |
ThyYour two breasts are like two fawns, ThatTwins are twins of a roegazelle. |
| 7:4 |
ThyYour neck is like thea tower of ivory;, ThineYour eyes aslike the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath rabbim; ThyYour nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which lookethfaces toward Damascus. |
| 7:5 |
ThyYour head uponcrowns theeyou is like Carmel, And the hairflowing locks of thyyour head are like purple threads; The king is heldcaptivated captiveby inyour the tresses thereof. |
| 7:6 |
How fairbeautiful and how pleasantdelightful artyou thouare, OMy love, forwith delightsall your charms! |
| 7:7 |
ThisYour thy stature is like to a palm tree, And thyyour breasts toare like its clusters. |
| 7:8 |
I said, I will climb up into the palm tree, I will take hold of theits branchesfruit thereof:stalks. LetOh, thymay your breasts be aslike clusters of the vine, And the smellfragrance of thyyour breath like apples, |
| 7:9 |
And thyyour mouth like the best wine,! ThatIt goethgoes down smoothly for my beloved, GlidingFlowing gently through the lips of those thatwho arefall asleep. |
| 7:10 |
I am my beloveds;, And his desire is towardfor me. |
| 7:11 |
Come, my beloved, let us go forthout into the field;country, Let us lodgespend the night in the villages. |
| 7:12 |
Let us getrise up early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hathhas budded, And its blossomblossoms ishave openopened, And whether the pomegranates arehave inbloomed. flower: There I will I give theeyou my love. |
| 7:13 |
The mandrakes givehave given forth fragrance; And atover our doors are all mannerchoice of precious fruits, Both new and old, Which I have laidsaved up for theeyou, O my beloved. |
| 8:1 |
Oh that thouyou wertwere aslike mya brother, Thatto suckedme theWho breastsnursed ofat my mother!mothers Whenbreasts. If I shouldfound findyou thee withoutoutdoors, I would kiss theeyou; Yea,No andone none would despise me, either. |
| 8:2 |
I would lead thee,you and bring theeyou intoInto the house of my mothers housemother, Whowho wouldused to instruct me; I would causegive theeyou spiced wine to drink offrom spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranatepomegranates. |
| 8:3 |
HisLet his left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me. |
| 8:4 |
I adjurewant you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, ThatDo ye stir not up,arouse noror awakeawaken my love, Until heshe pleasepleases. |
| 8:5 |
Who is this thatcoming cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning uponon her beloved? UnderBeneath the apple tree I awakened thee:you; There thyyour mother was in travaillabor with theeyou, There she was she in travaillabor thatand broughtgave theeyou forthbirth. |
| 8:6 |
SetPut me aslike a seal uponover thyyour heart, AsLike a seal uponon thineyour arm:. For love is as strong as death;, Jealousy is cruelas severe as Sheol; TheIts flashes thereof are flashes of fire, AThe very flame of Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 8:7 |
Many waters cannot quench love, NeitherNor canwill floodsrivers drownoverflow it:; If a man wouldwere to give all the substanceriches of his house for love, HeIt would be utterly be contemneddespised. |
| 8:8 |
We have a little sister, And she hathhas no breasts:; What shall we do for our sister InOn the day when she shallis be spoken for? |
| 8:9 |
If she beis a wall, We willshall build uponon her a turretbattlement of silver:; AndBut if she beis a door, We willshall inclosebarricade her with boardsplanks of cedar. |
| 8:10 |
I amwas a wall, and my breasts were like the towers; thereof Then was I became in his eyes as one thatwho foundfinds peace. |
| 8:11 |
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal hamon; He letentrusted out the vineyard untoto keeperscaretakers; EveryEach one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand piecesshekels of silver for its fruit. |
| 8:12 |
My very own vineyard, which is mine,at ismy beforedisposal; me:The Thouthousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, shaltAnd havetwo thehundred thousand,are Andfor those thatwho keeptake thecare fruitof thereofits two hundredfruit. |
| 8:13 |
ThouO thatyou dwellestwho sit in the gardens, TheMy companions hearkenare listening for thyyour voice: CauseLet me to hear it.! |
| 8:14 |
Make hasteHurry, my beloved, And be thou like to a roegazelle or to a young hartstag UponOn the mountains of spices. |