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¹ THE song of songs, which is Solomons, the son of David king of Israel.

² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.³ Because of the fragrance of your good ointments your name is like ointment of myrrh, therefore do the virgins love you.⁴ Draw me after you, let us run; the king has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine, and your affections more than the upright.⁵ I have dark skin, but I am comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.⁶ Do not look at me because I have dark skin, because the sun has tanned me; my mothers sons contended with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard I have not kept.

⁷ Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where did I feed, where did I make my flock to rest at noon? Lest I become like a sheep which has gone astray from your flocks.⁸ If you do not know, O you most beautiful among women, come, follow in the footprints of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds tents.⁹ I have compared you, O my beloved, to a mare in Pharaohs chariot.¹⁰ Your cheeks are comely with braided hair, and your neck with necklaces.¹¹ We will make for you golden chains with studs of silver.

¹² While you are seated with the king upon his cushion, spikenard sends forth its fragrance.¹³ A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.¹⁴ My beloved is to me like a cluster of henna flowers in a vineyard of Engad.¹⁵ Behold, you are beautiful, O my beloved; behold, you are fair; you have doves eyes.¹⁶ Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our bed is spacious.¹⁷ The beams of our house are of cedar, and our rafters of cypress.