| 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 oilperfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you |
| 1:5 |
I am veryblack darkand butbeautiful comely 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 scorchedgazed on 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 wandersis veiled beside the flocks of your companions |
| 1:8 |
If you do not know O fairest among women follow in the tracks of the flock and pasture your kids beside the shepherds tents |
| 1:9 |
I compare you my love to a mare ofamong Pharaohs chariots |
| 1:14 |
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En ge′digedi |
| 1:15 |
BeholdAh you are beautiful my love; beholdah you are beautiful; your eyes are doves |
| 1:16 |
BeholdAh you are beautiful my beloved truly lovely Our couch is green; |
| 1:17 |
the beams of our house are cedar our rafters are pine |
| 2:4 |
He brought me to the banqueting house and his bannerintention overtoward me was love |
| 2:5 |
Sustain me with raisins refresh me with apples; for I am sickfaint with love |
| 2:7 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem by the gazelles or the hindswild ofdoes: thedo fieldnot that you stir not up noror awaken love until it pleaseis ready |
| 2:8 |
The voice of my beloved BeholdLook he comes leaping upon the mountains bounding over the hills |
| 2:9 |
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag BeholdLook there he stands behind our wall gazing in at the windows looking through the lattice |
| 2:11 |
for lonow the winter is past the rain is over and gone |
| 2:12 |
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land |
| 2:14 |
O my dove in the clefts of the rock in the covert 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 the little foxes that spoilruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom |
| 2:16 |
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures 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 ruggedthe cleft mountains |
| 3:1 |
Upon my bed byat night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but found him not; I called him but he gave no answer |
| 3:3 |
The watchmensentinels found me as they went about in the city Have you seen him whom my soul loves |
| 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 that conceived me |
| 3:5 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem by the gazelles or the hindswild ofdoes: thedo fieldnot that you stir not up noror awaken love until it pleaseis ready |
| 3:7 |
BeholdLook it is the litter of Solomon AboutAround it are sixty mighty men of the mighty men of Israel |
| 3:8 |
all girtequipped with swords and expert in war each with his sword at his thigh againstbecause of alarms by night |
| 3:10 |
He made its posts of silver its back of gold its seat of purple; itits interior was lovinglyinlaid wroughtwith withinlove byDaughters the daughters of Jerusalem |
| 3:11 |
Gocome forthout Look O daughters of Zion andat behold King Solomon withat 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 |
BeholdHow beautiful you are beautiful my love beholdhow youvery are beautiful Your eyes are doves behind your veil Your hair is like a flock of goats moving down the slopes of Gilead |
| 4:3 |
Your lips are like a scarletcrimson thread and your mouth is lovely Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil |
| 4:4 |
Your neck is like the tower of David built forin ancourses; arsenalon whereonit hang a thousand bucklers all of them shields of warriors |
| 4:6 |
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee I will hiehasten me 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 |
| 4:11 |
Your lips distildistill nectar my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon |
| 4:13 |
Your shootschannel areis an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits henna with nard |
| 4:16 |
Awake O north wind and come O south wind Blow upon my garden letthat its fragrance may be wafted abroad Let my beloved come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits |
| 5:1 |
I come to my garden my sister my bride; I gather my myrrh with my spice I eat my honeycomb with my honey I drink 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 HarkListen 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 again I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them |
| 5:4 |
My beloved putthrust his hand tointo the latchopening and my heartinmost wasbeing thrilledyearned withinfor mehim |
| 5:6 |
I opened to my beloved but my beloved had turned and was gone My soul failed me when he spoke I sought him but founddid not find him not; I called him but he gave no answer |
| 5:7 |
TheMaking watchmentheir foundrounds mein asthe theycity wentthe aboutsentinels infound the cityme; they beat me they wounded me they took away my mantle those watchmensentinels of the walls |
| 5:8 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem if you find my beloved that you tell him this: I am sickfaint with love |
| 6:1 |
WhitherWhere has your beloved gone O fairest among women WhitherWhich way has your beloved turned that we may seek him with you |
| 6:5 |
Turn away your eyes from me for they disturboverwhelm me— Your hair is like a flock of goats moving 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 and not one among them is bereaved |
| 6:9 |
My dove my perfect one is the only one the darling of her mother flawless to her that bore her The maidens saw her and called her happy; the queens and concubines also and they praised her |
| 6:13 |
Return return O Shu′lammiteShulammite returnReturn return that we may look upon you Why should you look upon the Shu′lammiteShulammite as upon a dance before two armies |
| 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 overlooking Damascus |
| 8:1 |
O that you were like a brother to me thatwho nursed at my mothers breast If I met you outside I would kiss you and noneno one would despise me |
| 8:2 |
I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother and into the chamber of herthe thatone conceivedwho bore me I would give you spiced wine to drink the juice of my pomegranates |
| 8:4 |
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem thatdo younot stir not up noror awaken love until it pleaseis ready |
| 8:5 |
Who is that coming up from the wilderness leaning upon 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 jealousypassion isfierce cruel as the grave Its flashes are flashes of fire a mostraging vehement flame |
| 8:7 |
Many waters cannot quench love neither can floods drown it If aone man offered for love all the wealth of his house it would be utterly scorned |
| 8:11 |
Solomon had a vineyard at Ba′alBaal ha′monhamon; he letentrusted out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver |