1Song of Songs 1

1THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.Select Song of Songs 1:1

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.Select Song of Songs 1:2

3Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.Select Song of Songs 1:3

4Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.Select Song of Songs 1:4

5'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.Select Song of Songs 1:5

6Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'Select Song of Songs 1:6

7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?Select Song of Songs 1:7

8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.Select Song of Songs 1:8

9I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.Select Song of Songs 1:9

10Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.Select Song of Songs 1:10

11We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.Select Song of Songs 1:11

12While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.Select Song of Songs 1:12

13My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.Select Song of Songs 1:13

14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.Select Song of Songs 1:14

15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.Select Song of Songs 1:15

16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.Select Song of Songs 1:16

17The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.Select Song of Songs 1:17