1Song of Songs 1

1The Song of Songs, that is Solomon's.Select Song of Songs 1:1

2Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.Select Song of Songs 1:2

3For fragrance are thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out--thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!Select Song of Songs 1:3

4Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!Select Song of Songs 1:4

5Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.Select Song of Songs 1:5

6Fear me not, because I am very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard--my own--I have not kept.Select Song of Songs 1:6

7Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?Select Song of Songs 1:7

8If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!Select Song of Songs 1:8

9To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,Select Song of Songs 1:9

10Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.Select Song of Songs 1:10

11Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!Select Song of Songs 1:11

12While the king is in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.Select Song of Songs 1:12

13A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.Select Song of Songs 1:13

14A cluster of cypress is my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!Select Song of Songs 1:14

15Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!Select Song of Songs 1:15

16Lo, thou art fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch is green,Select Song of Songs 1:16

17The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are firs, I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!Select Song of Songs 1:17