The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters
1 The Song of (A)Songs, which is Solomon’s.
The Bride
2 “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your (B)love is sweeter than wine.
3 Your (C)oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your (D)name is like purified oil;
Therefore the (E)young women love you.
4 Draw me after you and let’s run together!
The (F)king has brought me into his chambers.”
The Chorus
“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;
We will praise your (G)love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
The Bride
5 “I am black and (H)beautiful,
You (I)daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the (J)tents of (K)Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
For the sun has tanned me.
My (L)mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me (M)caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
7 Tell me, you (N)whom my soul loves,
Where do you (O)pasture your flock,
Where do you have it (P)lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your (Q)companions?”
Solomon, the Lover, Speaks
8 “If you yourself do not know,
(R)Most beautiful among women,
Go out on the trail of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.
9 “To me, (S)my darling, you are like
My (T)mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
10 Your (U)cheeks are delightful with jewelry,
Your neck with strings of (V)beads.”
The Chorus
11 “We will make for you jewelry of gold
With beads of silver.”
The Bride
12 “While the king was at his table,
My (W)perfume gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a pouch of (X)myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of (Y)henna blossoms
In the vineyards of (Z)Engedi.”
The Groom
15 “(AA)How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your (AB)eyes are like doves.”
The Bride
16 “How handsome you are, (AC)my beloved,
And so delightful!
Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!
17 The beams of our house are (AD)cedars,
Our rafters, (AE)junipers.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:1
- Song of Solomon 1:2
- Song of Solomon 1:2
- Song of Solomon 1:3
- Song of Solomon 1:3
- Song of Solomon 1:6
- Song of Solomon 1:7
- Song of Solomon 1:9
- Song of Solomon 1:12
- Song of Solomon 1:15
- Song of Solomon 1:15
- Song of Solomon 1:16
Cross references
- Song of Solomon 1:1 : 1 Kin 4:32
- Song of Solomon 1:2 : Song 1:4; 4:10
- Song of Solomon 1:3 : Song 4:10; John 12:3
- Song of Solomon 1:3 : Eccl 7:1
- Song of Solomon 1:3 : Ps 45:14
- Song of Solomon 1:4 : Ps 45:14, 15
- Song of Solomon 1:4 : Song 1:4; 4:10
- Song of Solomon 1:5 : Song 2:14; 4:3; 6:4
- Song of Solomon 1:5 : Song 2:7; 3:5, 10; 5:8, 16; 8:4
- Song of Solomon 1:5 : Ps 120:5
- Song of Solomon 1:5 : Is 60:7
- Song of Solomon 1:6 : Ps 69:8
- Song of Solomon 1:6 : Song 8:11
- Song of Solomon 1:7 : Song 3:1-4
- Song of Solomon 1:7 : Song 2:16; 6:3
- Song of Solomon 1:7 : Is 13:20; Jer 33:12
- Song of Solomon 1:7 : Song 8:13
- Song of Solomon 1:8 : Song 5:9; 6:1
- Song of Solomon 1:9 : Song 1:15; 2:2, 10, 13
- Song of Solomon 1:9 : 2 Chr 1:16, 17
- Song of Solomon 1:10 : Song 5:13
- Song of Solomon 1:10 : Gen 24:53; Is 61:10
- Song of Solomon 1:12 : Song 4:14; Mark 14:3; John 12:3
- Song of Solomon 1:13 : Ps 45:8; John 19:39
- Song of Solomon 1:14 : Song 4:13
- Song of Solomon 1:14 : 1 Sam 23:29
- Song of Solomon 1:15 : Song 1:16; 2:10, 13; 4:1, 7; 6:4, 10
- Song of Solomon 1:15 : Song 4:1; 5:12
- Song of Solomon 1:16 : Song 2:3, 9, 17; 5:2, 5, 6, 8
- Song of Solomon 1:17 : 1 Kin 6:9, 10; Jer 22:14
- Song of Solomon 1:17 : 2 Chr 3:5
