Song of Solomon 1

1^*The ^asong ^bof songs, which is Solomon’s.

²Let him kiss me with ^cthe kisses of his mouth:

For ^d†thy love is better than wine.

³Because of the savour of thy good ointments

Thy ^ename is as ointment poured forth,

Therefore do the virgins love thee.

^4fDraw me, ^gwe will run after thee:

^hThe king hath brought me into his ⁱchambers:

^jWe will be glad and rejoice in thee,

We will remember ^dthy love more than wine:

^||The upright love thee.

⁵I am black, but ^kcomely, ^lO ye daughters of Jerusalem,

As ^mthe tents of ⁿKedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

⁶Look not upon me, because I am black,

Because the sun hath ^olooked upon me:

My mother’s children were angry with me;

They made me ^pthe keeper of the vineyards;

But ^qmine own vineyard have I not kept.

⁷Tell me, O thou ^qqwhom my soul loveth,

Where thou feedest, where thou makest ^rthy flock to rest at noon:

For why should I be ^||as one that turneth aside by the flocks of ^sthy companions?

⁸If thou know not, ^tO thou fairest among women,

Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock,

And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

⁹I have compared thee, ^uO my love,

To a company of ^xhorses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

^10yThy cheeks are comely with ^zrows of jewels,

Thy neck with chains of gold.

¹¹We will make thee ^zborders of gold

With studs of silver.

¹²While ^athe king sitteth at his table,

My ^bspikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

¹³A bundle of ^cmyrrh is my wellbeloved unto me;

He shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

¹⁴My beloved is unto me as a ^dcluster of ^||camphire

In the vineyards of ^eEn-gedi.

^15fBehold, thou art fair, ^||my love; behold, thou art fair;

^fgThou hast doves’ eyes.

¹⁶Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:

Also our bed is green.

¹⁷The ^hbeams of ⁱour house are ^jcedar,

And our ^||rafters of ^jfir.