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The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem's Daughters

¹ The ^(F1)Song of ^(C1)Songs the best of songs, which is Solomon's. ^(VR1)

^(FA)(The Shulammite Bride)

² "May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!" Solomon arrives, she turns to him, saying,
"For your ^(C1)love is better than wine.

³ "The aroma of your ^(C1)oils is fragrant and pleasing;
Your ^(C2)name is perfume poured out;
Therefore the ^(C3)maidens love you.

⁴ "Draw me away with you and let us run together!
Let the ^(C1)king bring me into his chambers."

^(F1)(The Chorus)

"We will rejoice and be glad in you;
We will remember and extol your ^(C2)love more sweet and fragrant than wine.
Rightly do they love you."

(The Shulammite Bride)

⁵ "I am deeply tanned but ^(C1)lovely,
O ^(C2)daughters of Jerusalem,
I am dark like the ^(C3)tents of the Bedouins of ^(C4)Kedar,
Like the beautiful curtains of Solomon.

⁶ "Do not gaze at me because I am deeply tanned,
I have worked in the sun; it has left its mark on me.
My ^(C1)mother's sons were angry with me;
They made me ^(C2)keeper of the vineyards,
But my own vineyard (my complexion) I have not kept."

⁷ "Tell me, O you ^(C1)whom my soul loves,
Where do you ^(C2)pasture your flock,
Where do you make it ^(C3)lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who is veiled
Beside the flocks of your ^(C4)companions?" ^(VR1)

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

(The Bridegroom)

⁸ "If you do not know where your lover is,
O you ^(C1)fairest among women,
Run along, follow the tracks of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.

⁹ "To ^(C1)me, my love, you are like
My favorite ^(C2)mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

¹⁰ "Your ^(C1)cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with strings of ^(C2)jewels."

(The Chorus)

¹¹ "We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold,
Studded with beads of silver."

(The Shulammite Bride)

¹² "While the king was at his table,
My perfume (Solomon) sent forth his ^(C1)fragrance surrounding me.

¹³ "My beloved is to me like a pouch of ^(C1)myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.

¹⁴ "My beloved is to me a cluster of ^(C1)henna flowers
In the fragrant vineyards of ^(F1)(C2)Engedi."

(The Bridegroom)

¹⁵ "Behold, ^(C1)how beautiful you are, my darling,
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your ^(C2)eyes are dove's eyes."

(The Shulammite Bride)

¹⁶ "Behold, how fair and handsome you are, ^(C1)my beloved;
And so delightful!
Our arbor is green and luxuriant.

¹⁷ "The beams of our houses are ^(C1)cedars,
Our rafters and panels are ^(C2)cypresses.