1Song of Songs 1

1The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. BelovedSelect Song of Songs 1:1

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

3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.Select Song of Songs 1:3

4Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.Select Song of Songs 1:4

5I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.Select Song of Songs 1:5

6Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.Select Song of Songs 1:6

7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? LoverSelect Song of Songs 1:7

8If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.Select Song of Songs 1:8

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

10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.Select Song of Songs 1:10

11We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. BelovedSelect Song of Songs 1:11

12While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.Select Song of Songs 1:12

13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.Select Song of Songs 1:13

14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. LoverSelect Song of Songs 1:14

15Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. BelovedSelect Song of Songs 1:15

16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. LoverSelect Song of Songs 1:16

17The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.Select Song of Songs 1:17