Read Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon1

The Bride Confesses Her Love

¹This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

The Bride

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your love is more delightful than wine.³The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;your name is like perfume poured out.No wonder the maidens adore you.

⁴Take me away with you—let us hurry!May the king bring me to his chambers.The Friends
We will rejoice and delight in you;we will praise your love more than wine.The Bride
It is only right that they adore you.

⁵I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem,like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.⁶Do not stare because I am dark,for the sun has gazed upon me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;they made me a keeper of the vineyards,but my own vineyard I have neglected.

⁷Tell me, O one I love,where do you pasture your sheep?Where do you rest them at midday?Why should I be like a veiled womanbeside the flocks of your companions?

The Friends

⁸If you do not know, O fairest of women,follow the tracks of the flock,and graze your young goatsnear the tents of the shepherds.

The Bridegroom

⁹I compare you, my darling,to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.¹⁰Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,your neck with strings of jewels.

The Friends

¹¹We will make you ornaments of gold,studded with beads of silver.

The Bride

¹²While the king was at his table,my perfume spread its fragrance.¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrhresting between my breasts.¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossomsin the vineyards of En-gedi.

The Bridegroom

¹⁵How beautiful you are, my darling!Oh, how very beautiful!Your eyes are like doves.

The Bride

¹⁶How handsome you are, my beloved!Oh, how delightful!The soft grass is our bed.

The Bridegroom

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars;our rafters are fragrant firs.