1 The Song of *1 Kgs. 4:32Songs, which is Solomon’s.

She#1:2 The translators have added speaker identifications based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your *ch. 4:10love is better than wine;

3 your *[Luke 7:46;John 12:3] anointing oils are fragrant;

your *Eccles. 7:1name is oil poured out;

therefore virgins love you.

4 *[Hos. 11:4;John 6:44;12:32] Draw me after you; *Ps. 119:32;See Phil. 3:12-14let us run.

*Ps. 45:14,15;[ch. 2:4;John 14:2;Eph. 2:6] The king has brought me into his chambers.

Others

We will *Ps. 9:2;45:15exult and rejoice in you;

we will extol *[See ver. 2above]your love more than wine;

rightly do they love you.

She

5 I am very dark, but *ch. 2:14;4:3;6:4lovely,

O *ch. 2:7;3:5,10,11;5:8,16;8:4;Luke 23:28daughters of Jerusalem,

like *Ps. 120:5the tents of *Isa. 60:7Kedar,

like the curtains of Solomon.

6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,

because the sun has looked upon me.

My *[Ps. 69:8] mother’s sons were angry with me;

they made me *Job 27:18;Prov. 27:18keeper of *ch. 8:11,12the vineyards,

but *[1 Cor. 9:27]my own vineyard I have not kept!

7 Tell me, you *See ch. 3:1-4whom my soul loves,

where you *ch. 2:16;6:3;[Ps. 23:1-3;Ezek. 34:14,15] pasture your flock,

where you make it *[Isa. 13:20;Jer. 33:12] lie down at noon;

for why should I be like one who veils herself

beside the flocks of your *ch. 8:13companions?

He

8 If you do not know,

O *ch. 5:9;6:1most beautiful among women,

follow in the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

beside the shepherds’ tents.

9 I compare you, *See ver. 15my love,

to *[2 Chr. 1:16,17]a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

10 *[ch. 5:13]; See Ezek. 16:11-14Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

your neck with strings of jewels.

Others

11 We will make for you*1:11 The Hebrew for you is feminine singular ornaments of gold,

studded with silver.

She

12 While *[ver. 4] the king was on his couch,

my *ch. 4:13,14;[Mark 14:3;John 12:3]nard gave forth its fragrance.

13 My beloved is to me a sachet of *Ps. 45:8;[John 19:39]myrrh

that lies between my breasts.

14 My beloved is to me a cluster of *ch. 4:13henna blossoms

in the vineyards of *1 Sam. 23:29Engedi.

He

15 *ch. 4:1Behold, *[Ezek. 16:13] you are beautiful, *ver. 9;ch. 2:2,10,13;4:1,7;5:2;6:4my love;

behold, you are beautiful;

your *ch. 4:1;5:12eyes are doves.

She

16 Behold, you are beautiful, *ch. 2:3my beloved, truly *[2 Sam. 1:23,26]delightful.

Our couch is green;

17 the beams of our house are *Isa. 37:24;60:13;Ezek. 31:8cedar;

our rafters are *Isa. 37:24;60:13;Ezek. 31:8pine.