JPS - Song of Solomon - 1

1:1  THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.

1:2  Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth--for thy love is better than wine.

1:3  Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.

1:4  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 find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.

1:5  'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

1:6  Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'

1:7  Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?

1:8  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.

1:9  I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

1:10  Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.

1:11  We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.

1:12  While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

1:13  My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.

1:14  My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.

1:15  Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.

1:16  Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.

1:17  The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.