1Song of Songs 1

Love Is Better than Wine

1This is Solomon's most beautiful song.Select Song of Songs 1:1

She Speaks:

2Kiss me tenderly! Your love is better than wine,Select Song of Songs 1:2

3and you smell so sweet. All the young women adore you; the very mention of your name is like spreading perfume. *Select Song of Songs 1:3

4Hurry, my king! Let's hurry. Take me to your home. We are happy for you! And we praise your love even more than wine. Young women of Jerusalem, it is only right that you should adore him.Select Song of Songs 1:4

The Young Women Speak: / She Speaks:

5My skin is dark and beautiful, like a tent in the desert or like Solomon's curtains.Select Song of Songs 1:5

6Don't stare at me just because the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me work in the vineyard, and so I neglected my complexion.Select Song of Songs 1:6

7My darling, I love you! Where do you feed your sheep and let them rest at noon? Don't let the other shepherds think badly of me. I'm not one of those women who shamelessly follow after shepherds.Select Song of Songs 1:7

He Speaks:

8My dearest, if you don't know, just follow the path of the sheep. Then feed your young goats near the shepherds' tents.Select Song of Songs 1:8

9You move as gracefully as the pony that leads the chariot of the king.Select Song of Songs 1:9

10Earrings add to your beauty, and you wear a necklace of precious stones.Select Song of Songs 1:10

11Let's make you some jewelry of gold, woven with silver.Select Song of Songs 1:11

She Speaks:

12My king, while you were on your couch, my aroma was a magic charm.Select Song of Songs 1:12

13My darling, you are perfume between my breasts;Select Song of Songs 1:13

14you are flower blossoms from the gardens of En-Gedi.Select Song of Songs 1:14

He Speaks:

15My darling, you are lovely, so very lovely— your eyes are those of a dove.Select Song of Songs 1:15

She Speaks:

16My love, you are handsome, truly handsome— the fresh green grass will be our wedding bedSelect Song of Songs 1:16

17in the shade of cedar and cypress trees.Select Song of Songs 1:17