Cantares 1:1

1 Cantar de los cantares^[a] de Salomón.

Cantares 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:1

The Song of songs, which [is] Solomon's.
] Wrote by Solomon, king of Israel, as the "amanuensis" of the Holy Ghost; and not by Hezekiah and his men, as the Jews say ^F11: or, "concerning Solomon" {l}; Christ, of whom Solomon was a type; see ( Song of Solomon 3:7 ) ; of his person, excellencies, love to his church, care of her, and concern for her; and of the nearness and communion he admitted her to, and indulged her with the Jews have a saying ^F13, that wherever the word Solomon is used in this song, the Holy One is meant, the holy God, or Messiah: it is called "the Song of songs", because the most excellent, as the Holy of holies, King of kings which, with the Hebrews, express a superlative; this being more excellent than the one hundred and five songs, written by Solomon, or than any human composure whatever; yea, preferable to all Scriptural songs, as to subject, manner of style, and copiousness of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 15. 1.
F12 (hmlvl) "de Solomone", Cocceius.
F13 Maimon. Yesode Hatorah, c. 6. s. 12.

Cantares 1:1 In-Context

1 Cantar de los cantares de Salomón.

2 Ah, si me besaras con los besos de tu boca …¡grato en verdad es tu amor, más que el vino!

3 Grata es también, de tus perfumes, la fragancia;tú mismo eres bálsamo fragante.¡Con razón te aman las doncellas!

4 ¡Hazme del todo tuya! ¡Date prisa!¡Llévame, oh rey, a tu alcoba!Regocijémonos y deleitémonos juntos,celebraremos tus caricias más que el vino.¡Sobran las razones para amarte!

5 Morena soy, pero hermosa,hijas de Jerusalén;morena como las carpas de Cedar,hermosa como los pabellones de Salmá.

Footnotes

• [a] "Cantar de los cantares" . Alt. "El más bello cantar" .