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Song of Solomon 1

¹Solomon’s Song of Songs.

She

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—

for your love is more delightful than wine.

³Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;

your name is like perfume poured out.

No wonder the young women love you!

⁴Take me away with you—let us hurry!

Let the king bring me into his chambers.

Friends

We rejoice and delight in you ;

we will praise your love more than wine.

She

How right they are to adore you!

⁵Dark am I, yet lovely,

daughters of Jerusalem,

dark like the tents of Kedar,

like the tent curtains of Solomon.

⁶Do not stare at me because I am dark,

because I am darkened by the sun.

My mother’s sons were angry with me

and made me take care of the vineyards;

my own vineyard I had to neglect.

⁷Tell me, you whom I love,

where you graze your flock

and where you rest your sheep at midday.

Why should I be like a veiled woman

beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends

⁸If you do not know, most beautiful of women,

follow the tracks of the sheep

and graze your young goats

by the tents of the shepherds.

He

⁹I liken you, my darling, to a mare

among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.

¹⁰Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,

your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹We will make you earrings of gold,

studded with silver.

She

¹²While the king was at his table,

my perfume spread its fragrance.

¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh

resting between my breasts.

¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms

from the vineyards of En Gedi.

He

¹⁵How beautiful you are, my darling!

Oh, how beautiful!

Your eyes are doves.

She

¹⁶How handsome you are, my beloved!

Oh, how charming!

And our bed is verdant.

He

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars;

our rafters are firs.

Song of Solomon 2

She

¹I am a rose of Sharon,

a lily of the valleys.

He

²Like a lily among thorns

is my darling among the young women.

She

³Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest

is my beloved among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

⁴Let him lead me to the banquet hall,

and let his banner over me be love.

⁵Strengthen me with raisins,

refresh me with apples,

for I am faint with love.

⁶His left arm is under my head,

and his right arm embraces me.

⁷Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and by the does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

⁸Listen! My beloved!

Look! Here he comes,

leaping across the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

Look! There he stands behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved spoke and said to me,

“Arise, my darling,

my beautiful one, come with me.

¹¹See! The winter is past;

the rains are over and gone.

¹²Flowers appear on the earth;

the season of singing has come,

the cooing of doves

is heard in our land.

¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;

the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.

Arise, come, my darling;

my beautiful one, come with me.”

He

¹⁴My dove in the clefts of the rock,

in the hiding places on the mountainside,

show me your face,

let me hear your voice;

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is lovely.

¹⁵Catch for us the foxes,

the little foxes

that ruin the vineyards,

our vineyards that are in bloom.

She

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;

he browses among the lilies.

¹⁷Until the day breaks

and the shadows flee,

turn, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or like a young stag

on the rugged hills.

Song of Solomon 3

¹All night long on my bed

I looked for the one my heart loves;

I looked for him but did not find him.

²I will get up now and go about the city,

through its streets and squares;

I will search for the one my heart loves.

So I looked for him but did not find him.

³The watchmen found me

as they made their rounds in the city.

“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”

⁴Scarcely had I passed them

when I found the one my heart loves.

I held him and would not let him go

till I had brought him to my mother’s house,

to the room of the one who conceived me.

⁵Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and by the does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

⁶Who is this coming up from the wilderness

like a column of smoke,

perfumed with myrrh and incense

made from all the spices of the merchant?

⁷Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,

escorted by sixty warriors,

the noblest of Israel,

⁸all of them wearing the sword,

all experienced in battle,

each with his sword at his side,

prepared for the terrors of the night.

⁹King Solomon made for himself the carriage;

he made it of wood from Lebanon.

¹⁰Its posts he made of silver,

its base of gold.

Its seat was upholstered with purple,

its interior inlaid with love.

Daughters of Jerusalem, ¹¹come out,

and look, you daughters of Zion.

Look on King Solomon wearing a crown,

the crown with which his mother crowned him

on the day of his wedding,

the day his heart rejoiced.

Song of Solomon 4

He

¹How beautiful you are, my darling!

Oh, how beautiful!

Your eyes behind your veil are doves.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

descending from the hills of Gilead.

²Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,

coming up from the washing.

Each has its twin;

not one of them is alone.

³Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;

your mouth is lovely.

Your temples behind your veil

are like the halves of a pomegranate.

⁴Your neck is like the tower of David,

built with courses of stone ;

on it hang a thousand shields,

all of them shields of warriors.

⁵Your breasts are like two fawns,

like twin fawns of a gazelle

that browse among the lilies.

⁶Until the day breaks

and the shadows flee,

I will go to the mountain of myrrh

and to the hill of incense.

⁷You are altogether beautiful, my darling;

there is no flaw in you.

⁸Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,

come with me from Lebanon.

Descend from the crest of Amana,

from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,

from the lions’ dens

and the mountain haunts of leopards.

⁹You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;

you have stolen my heart

with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your necklace.

¹⁰How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much more pleasing is your love than wine,

and the fragrance of your perfume

more than any spice!

¹¹Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;

milk and honey are under your tongue.

The fragrance of your garments

is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

¹²You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride;

you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

¹³Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates

with choice fruits,

with henna and nard,

¹⁴nard and saffron,

calamus and cinnamon,

with every kind of incense tree,

with myrrh and aloes

and all the finest spices.

¹⁵You are a garden fountain,

a well of flowing water

streaming down from Lebanon.

She

¹⁶Awake, north wind,

and come, south wind!

Blow on my garden,

that its fragrance may spread everywhere.

Let my beloved come into his garden

and taste its choice fruits.

Song of Solomon 5

He

¹I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;

I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.

I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;

I have drunk my wine and my milk.

Friends

Eat, friends, and drink;

drink your fill of love.

She

²I slept but my heart was awake.

Listen! My beloved is knocking:

“Open to me, my sister, my darling,

my dove, my flawless one.

My head is drenched with dew,

my hair with the dampness of the night.”

³I have taken off my robe—

must I put it on again?

I have washed my feet—

must I soil them again?

⁴My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;

my heart began to pound for him.

⁵I arose to open for my beloved,

and my hands dripped with myrrh,

my fingers with flowing myrrh,

on the handles of the bolt.

⁶I opened for my beloved,

but my beloved had left; he was gone.

My heart sank at his departure.

I looked for him but did not find him.

I called him but he did not answer.

⁷The watchmen found me

as they made their rounds in the city.

They beat me, they bruised me;

they took away my cloak,

those watchmen of the walls!

⁸Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you—

if you find my beloved,

what will you tell him?

Tell him I am faint with love.

Friends

⁹How is your beloved better than others,

most beautiful of women?

How is your beloved better than others,

that you so charge us?

She

¹⁰My beloved is radiant and ruddy,

outstanding among ten thousand.

¹¹His head is purest gold;

his hair is wavy

and black as a raven.

¹²His eyes are like doves

by the water streams,

washed in milk,

mounted like jewels.

¹³His cheeks are like beds of spice

yielding perfume.

His lips are like lilies

dripping with myrrh.

¹⁴His arms are rods of gold

set with topaz.

His body is like polished ivory

decorated with lapis lazuli.

¹⁵His legs are pillars of marble

set on bases of pure gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

choice as its cedars.

¹⁶His mouth is sweetness itself;

he is altogether lovely.

This is my beloved, this is my friend,

daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 6

Friends

¹Where has your beloved gone,

most beautiful of women?

Which way did your beloved turn,

that we may look for him with you?

She

²My beloved has gone down to his garden,

to the beds of spices,

to browse in the gardens

and to gather lilies.

³I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;

he browses among the lilies.

He

⁴You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,

as lovely as Jerusalem,

as majestic as troops with banners.

⁵Turn your eyes from me;

they overwhelm me.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

descending from Gilead.

⁶Your teeth are like a flock of sheep

coming up from the washing.

Each has its twin,

not one of them is missing.

⁷Your temples behind your veil

are like the halves of a pomegranate.

⁸Sixty queens there may be,

and eighty concubines,

and virgins beyond number;

⁹but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,

the only daughter of her mother,

the favorite of the one who bore her.

The young women saw her and called her blessed;

the queens and concubines praised her.

Friends

¹⁰Who is this that appears like the dawn,

fair as the moon, bright as the sun,

majestic as the stars in procession?

He

¹¹I went down to the grove of nut trees

to look at the new growth in the valley,

to see if the vines had budded

or the pomegranates were in bloom.

¹²Before I realized it,

my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.

Friends

¹³Come back, come back, O Shulammite;

come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

He

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite

as on the dance of Mahanaim?

Song of Solomon 7

¹How beautiful your sandaled feet,

O prince’s daughter!

Your graceful legs are like jewels,

the work of an artist’s hands.

²Your navel is a rounded goblet

that never lacks blended wine.

Your waist is a mound of wheat

encircled by lilies.

³Your breasts are like two fawns,

like twin fawns of a gazelle.

⁴Your neck is like an ivory tower.

Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon

by the gate of Bath Rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking toward Damascus.

⁵Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.

Your hair is like royal tapestry;

the king is held captive by its tresses.

⁶How beautiful you are and how pleasing,

my love, with your delights!

⁷Your stature is like that of the palm,

and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

⁸I said, “I will climb the palm tree;

I will take hold of its fruit.”

May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,

the fragrance of your breath like apples,

⁹and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,

flowing gently over lips and teeth.

¹⁰I belong to my beloved,

and his desire is for me.

¹¹Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,

let us spend the night in the villages.

¹²Let us go early to the vineyards

to see if the vines have budded,

if their blossoms have opened,

and if the pomegranates are in bloom—

there I will give you my love.

¹³The mandrakes send out their fragrance,

and at our door is every delicacy,

both new and old,

that I have stored up for you, my beloved.

Song of Solomon 8

¹If only you were to me like a brother,

who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!

Then, if I found you outside,

I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me.

²I would lead you

and bring you to my mother’s house—

she who has taught me.

I would give you spiced wine to drink,

the nectar of my pomegranates.

³His left arm is under my head

and his right arm embraces me.

⁴Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

Friends

⁵Who is this coming up from the wilderness

leaning on her beloved?

She

Under the apple tree I roused you;

there your mother conceived you,

there she who was in labor gave you birth.

⁶Place me like a seal over your heart,

like a seal on your arm;

for love is as strong as death,

its jealousy unyielding as the grave.

It burns like blazing fire,

like a mighty flame.

⁷Many waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If one were to give

all the wealth of one’s house for love,

it would be utterly scorned.

Friends

⁸We have a little sister,

and her breasts are not yet grown.

What shall we do for our sister

on the day she is spoken for?

⁹If she is a wall,

we will build towers of silver on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

She

¹⁰I am a wall,

and my breasts are like towers.

Thus I have become in his eyes

like one bringing contentment.

¹¹Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;

he let out his vineyard to tenants.

Each was to bring for its fruit

a thousand shekels of silver.

¹²But my own vineyard is mine to give;

the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

He

¹³You who dwell in the gardens

with friends in attendance,

let me hear your voice!

She

¹⁴Come away, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or like a young stag

on the spice-laden mountains.

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.

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