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

² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. ³ Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is [as] ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee. ⁴ Draw me; we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will make mention of thy love more than of wine: rightly do they love thee. ⁵ I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. ⁶ Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.

⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest [thy flock], where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions? ⁸ If 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. ⁹ I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. ¹⁰ Thy cheeks are comely with plaits [of hair], thy neck with strings of jewels ¹¹ We will make thee plaits of gold with studs of silver.

¹² While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. ¹³ My beloved is unto me [as] a bundle of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. ¹⁴ My beloved is unto me [as] a cluster of henna–flowers in the vineyards of En–gedi. ¹⁵ Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are [as] doves. ¹⁶ Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our couch is green. ¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars, [and] our rafters are firs.