| 1:2 |
OLet thathim you would kiss me with the kisses of yourhis mouth For your love is better than wine; |
| 1:3 |
your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore thevirgins maidens love you |
| 1:4 |
Draw me after you; let us makerun haste The king has brought me into his chambers We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you |
| 1:5 |
I am very dark but comelylovely O daughters of Jerusalem like the tents of Kedar like the curtains of Solomon |
| 1:6 |
Do not gaze at me because I am swarthydark because the sun has scorchedlooked upon me My mothers sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard I have not kept |
| 1:7 |
Tell me you whom my soul loves where you pasture your flock where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who wandersveils herself beside the flocks of your companions |
| 1:8 |
If you do not know O fairestmost beautiful among women follow in the tracks of the flock and pasture your kidsyoung goats beside the shepherds tents |
| 1:9 |
I compare you my love to a mare ofamong Pharaohs chariots |
| 1:10 |
Your cheeks are comelylovely with ornaments your neck with strings of jewels |
| 1:11 |
We will make for you ornaments of gold studded with silver |
| 1:13 |
My beloved is to me a bagsachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts |
| 1:14 |
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En ge′diEngedi |
| 1:16 |
Behold you are beautiful my beloved truly lovelydelightful Our couch is green; |
| 1:17 |
the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine |
| 2:2 |
As a lily among brambles so is my love among maidensthe young women |
| 2:3 |
As an apple tree among the trees of the woodforest so is my beloved among the young men With great delight I sat in his shadow and his fruit was sweet to my taste |
| 2:5 |
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love |
| 2:6 |
OHis that his left hand wereis under my head and that his right hand embracedembraces me |
| 2:7 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem by the gazelles or the hindsdoes of the field that you not stir not up noror awaken love until it pleasepleases |
| 2:8 |
The voice of my beloved Behold he comes leaping uponover the mountains bounding over the hills |
| 2:9 |
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag Behold there he stands behind our wall gazing inthrough at the windows looking through the lattice |
| 2:10 |
My beloved speaks and says to me: Arise my love my fairbeautiful one and come away; |
| 2:11 |
for lobehold the winter is past; the rain is over and gone |
| 2:13 |
The fig tree putsripens forth its figs and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance Arise my love my fairbeautiful one and come away |
| 2:14 |
O my dove in the clefts of the rock in the covertcrannies of the cliff let me see your face let me hear your voice for your voice is sweet and your face is comelylovely |
| 2:15 |
Catch us the foxes for us the little foxes that spoil the vineyards for our vineyards are in blossom |
| 2:16 |
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pasturesgrazes his flock among the lilies |
| 2:17 |
Until the day breathebreathes and the shadows flee turn my beloved be like a gazelle or a young stag uponon ruggedcleft mountains |
| 3:1 |
UponOn my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but found him not; I called him but he gave no answer |
| 3:4 |
Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mothers house and into the chamber of her thatwho conceived me |
| 3:5 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem by the gazelles or the hindsdoes of the field that you not stir not up noror awaken love until it pleasepleases |
| 3:6 |
What is that coming up from the wilderness like acolumns column of smoke perfumed with myrrh and frankincense with all the fragrant powders of thea merchant |
| 3:7 |
Behold it is the litter of Solomon AboutAround it are sixty mighty men some of the mighty men of Israel |
| 3:8 |
all girtof withthem wearing swords and expert in war each with his sword at his thigh against alarmsterror by night |
| 3:9 |
King Solomon made himself a palanquincarriage from the wood of Lebanon |
| 3:10 |
He made its posts of silver its back of gold its seat of purple; itits interior was lovinglyinlaid wroughtwith withinlove by the daughters of Jerusalem |
| 3:11 |
Go forthout O daughters of Zion and beholdlook upon King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding on the day of the gladness of his heart |
| 4:1 |
Behold you are beautiful my love behold you are beautiful Your eyes are doves behind your veil Your hair is like a flock of goats movingleaping down the slopes of Gilead |
| 4:2 |
Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing all of which bear twins and not one among them ishas bereavedlost its young |
| 4:4 |
Your neck is like the tower of David built forin anrows arsenalof whereonstone; on it hang a thousand bucklersshields all of them shields of warriors |
| 4:5 |
Your two breasts are like two fawns twins of a gazelle that feedgraze among the lilies |
| 4:6 |
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee I will hiego meaway to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense |
| 4:7 |
You are allaltogether fairbeautiful my love; there is no flaw in you |
| 4:8 |
Come with me from Lebanon my bride; come with me from Lebanon Depart from the peak of Ama′naAmana from the peak of Senir and Hermon from the dens of lions from the mountains of leopards |
| 4:9 |
You have ravishedcaptivated my heart my sister my bride; you have ravishedcaptivated my heart with aone glance of your eyes with one jewel of your necklace |
| 4:10 |
How sweetbeautiful is your love my sister my bride howHow much better is your love than wine and the fragrance of your oils than any spice |
| 4:11 |
Your lips distildrip nectar my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scentfragrance of your garments is like the scentfragrance of Lebanon |
| 4:12 |
A garden locked is my sister my bride a gardenspring locked a fountain sealed |
| 4:14 |
nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon with all trees of frankincense myrrh and aloes with all chiefchoice spices— |
| 4:16 |
Awake O north wind and come O south wind Blow upon my garden let its fragrancespices beflow wafted abroad Let my beloved come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits |
| 5:1 |
I comecame to my garden my sister my bride I gathergathered my myrrh with my spice I eatate my honeycomb with my honey I drinkdrank my wine with my milk Eat O friends drink and drink:be drinkdrunk deeplywith O loverslove |
| 5:2 |
I slept but my heart was awake HarkA mysound My beloved is knocking Open to me my sister my love my dove my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew my locks with the drops of the night |
| 5:3 |
I had put off my garment; how could I put it on I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them |
| 5:5 |
I arose to open to my beloved and my hands dripped with myrrh my fingers with liquid myrrh uponon the handles of the bolt |
| 5:7 |
The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me they woundedbruised me they took away my mantleveil those watchmen of the walls |
| 5:9 |
What is your beloved more than another beloved O fairestmost beautiful among women What is your beloved more than another beloved that you thus adjure us |
| 5:10 |
My beloved is all radiant and ruddy distinguished among ten thousand |
| 5:12 |
His eyes are like doves beside springsstreams of water bathed in milk fitlysitting setbeside a full pool |
| 5:13 |
His cheeks are like beds of spices yieldingmounds fragranceof sweet smelling herbs His lips are lilies distillingdripping liquid myrrh |
| 5:14 |
His arms are roundedrods of gold set with jewels His body is polished ivory workbedecked encrusted with sapphires |
| 5:15 |
His legs are alabaster columns set uponon bases of gold His appearance is like Lebanon choice as the cedars |
| 5:16 |
His speechmouth is most sweet and he is altogether desirable This is my beloved and this is my friend O daughters of Jerusalem |
| 6:1 |
WhitherWhere has your beloved gone O fairestmost beautiful among women WhitherWhere has your beloved turned that we may seek him with you |
| 6:2 |
My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices to pasturegraze his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies |
| 6:3 |
I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine; he pasturesgrazes his flock among the lilies |
| 6:4 |
You are beautiful as Tirzah my love comelylovely as Jerusalem terribleawesome as an army with banners |
| 6:5 |
Turn away your eyes from me for they disturboverwhelm me— Your hair is like a flock of goats movingleaping down the slopes of Gilead |
| 6:6 |
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them ishas bereavedlost its young |
| 6:8 |
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and maidensvirgins without number |
| 6:9 |
My dove my perfect one is the only one the darlingonly one of her mother flawlesspure to her thatwho bore her The maidensyoung women saw her and called her happyblessed; the queens and concubines also and they praised her |
| 6:10 |
Who is this thatwho looks forthdown like the dawn fairbeautiful as the moon bright as the sun terribleawesome as an army with banners |
| 6:12 |
Before I was aware my fancydesire set me inamong athe chariotchariots besideof my kinsman a prince |
| 6:13 |
Return return O Shu′lammiteShulammite return return that we may look upon you Why should you look upon the Shu′lammiteShulammite as upon a dance before two armies |
| 7:1 |
How gracefulbeautiful are your feet in sandals O queenlynoble maidendaughter Your rounded thighs are like jewels the work of a master hand |
| 7:4 |
Your neck is like an ivory tower Your eyes are pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath rab′bimrabbim Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon overlookingwhich looks toward Damascus |
| 7:6 |
How fairbeautiful and pleasant you are O loved one delectablewith maidenall your delights |
| 7:7 |
YouYour arestature statelyis aslike a palm tree and your breasts are like its clusters |
| 7:8 |
I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branchesfruit Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine and the scent of your breath like apples |
| 7:9 |
and your kissesmouth like the best wine thatIt goes down smoothly for my beloved gliding over lips and teeth |
| 7:11 |
Come my beloved let us go forthout into the fields and lodge in the villages; |
| 7:13 |
The mandrakes give forth fragrance and overbeside our doors are all choice fruits new as well as old which I have laid up for you O my beloved |
| 8:1 |
OOh that you were like a brother to me thatwho nursed at my mothers breastbreasts If I metfound you outside I would kiss you and none would despise me |
| 8:2 |
I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother— andshe intowho theused chamberto ofteach her that conceived me I would give you spiced wine to drink the juice of my pomegranatespomegranate |
| 8:3 |
OHis that his left hand wereis under my head and that his right hand embracedembraces me |
| 8:4 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem that you not stir not up noror awaken love until it pleasepleases |
| 8:5 |
Who is that coming up from the wilderness leaning uponon her beloved Under the apple tree I awakened you There your mother was in travaillabor with you; there she who bore you was in travaillabor |
| 8:6 |
Set me as a seal upon your heart as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death jealousy is cruelfierce as the grave Its flashes are flashes of fire athe mostvery vehementflame flameof the Lord |
| 8:7 |
Many waters cannot quench love neither can floods drown it If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house ithe would be utterly scorneddespised |
| 8:9 |
If she is a wall we will build uponon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door we will enclose her with boards of cedar |
| 8:10 |
I was a wall and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who bringsfinds peace |
| 8:11 |
Solomon had a vineyard at Ba′alBaal ha′monhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver |
| 8:12 |
My vineyard my very own is forbefore myselfme; you O Solomon may have the thousand and the keepers of the fruit two hundred |
| 8:13 |
O you who dwell in the gardens mywith companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it |
| 8:14 |
Make haste my beloved and be like a gazelle or a young stag uponon the mountains of spices |