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1 This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.
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2 Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
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[Woman]If only he would give me some of his kisses . . . Oh, your loving is sweeter than wine!
3 How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all the young women love you!
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Your fragrance is sweet; your very name is perfume. That's why the young women love you.
4 Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Young Women of Jerusalem How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. Young Woman How right they are to adore you.
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Take me along with you; let's run! My king has brought me into his chambers, saying, "Let's exult and rejoice in you. Let's savor your loving more than wine. No wonder they all love you!"
5 I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
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Dark am I, and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem— like the black tents of the Kedar nomads, like the curtains of Solomon's palace.
6 Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.
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Don't stare at me because I'm darkened by the sun's gaze. My own brothers were angry with me. They made me a caretaker of the vineyards— but I couldn't care for my own vineyard.
7 Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks?
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Tell me, you whom I love with all my heart— where do you pasture your flock, where do you rest them at noon?— so I don't wander around with the flocks of your companions.
8 If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.
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[Man]If you don't know your way, most beautiful of women, then follow the tracks of the herds and graze your little goats by the tents of the shepherds.
9 You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
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I picture you, my dearest, as a mare among Pharaoh's chariots!
10 How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.
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Lovely are your cheeks, adorned with ear hoops; your neck, with beads.
11 We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.
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Let's make hoops of gold beaded with silver for you!
12 The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
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With my king close by, my perfume filled the air.
13 My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
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A sachet of myrrh is my love to me, lying all night between my breasts.
14 He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.
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A cluster of henna flowers is my love to me in the desert gardens of En-gedi.
15 How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
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[Man]Look at you—so beautiful, my dearest! Look at you—so beautiful! Your eyes are doves!
16 You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;
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[Woman]Look at you—so beautiful, my love! Yes, delightful! Yes, our bed is lush and green!
17 fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
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The ceilings of our chambers are cedars; our rafters, cypresses.
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