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1 Solomon's Finest Song
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1 Solomon's Song of Songs.
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2 Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
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2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine.
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3 The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating; your name is perfume poured out. No wonder young women adore you.
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3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you!
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4 Take me with you-let us hurry. Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad for you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
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4 Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you!
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5 Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.
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5 Dark am I, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.
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6 Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard.
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6 Do 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 have neglected.
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7 Tell me, you, the one I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
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7 Tell 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?
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8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds' tents.
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8 If 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.
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9 I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
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9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.
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10 Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry, your neck with its necklace.
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10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
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11 We will make gold jewelry for you, accented with silver.
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11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
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12 While the king is on his couch, my perfume releases its fragrance.
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12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
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13 My love is a sachet of myrrh to me, spending the night between my breasts.
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13 My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
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14 My love is a cluster of henna blossoms to me, in the vineyards of En-gedi.
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14 My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
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15 How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
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15 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
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16 How handsome you are, my love. How delightful! Our bed is lush with foliage;
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16 How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
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17 the beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are cypresses.
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17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
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