sol 1:1

  The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

sol 1:2

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

sol 1:3

  Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

sol 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 remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

sol 1:5

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

sol 1:6

  Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

sol 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 turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

sol 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.

sol 1:9

  I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

sol 1:10

  Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

sol 1:11

  We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

sol 1:12

  While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

sol 1:13

  A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

sol 1:14

  My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

sol 1:15

  Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

sol 1:16

  Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

sol 1:17

  The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.