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Song of Solomon 1

New Living Translation NLT

1 This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.

2 Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.

3 How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all 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.

5 I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.

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.

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?

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.

9 You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

10 How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.

11 We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.

12 The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.

13 My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.

14 He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.

15 How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

16 You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;

17 fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 The Ultimate Song, by Shlomo:

2 [She] Let him smother me with kisses from his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

3 Your anointing oils have a wonderful fragrance; your name is like anointing oil poured out. This is why young women love you

4 "Take me with you. We will run after you." The king has brought me into his rooms. [Chorus] We will be glad and rejoice for you. We will praise your love more than wine. How right it is for them to love you!

5 [She] I am dark tan but beautiful, you daughters of Yerushalayim, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Shlomo.

6 Don't stare at me because I'm dark; it's the sun that tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me look after the vineyards. But I haven't cared for my own vineyard.

7 Tell me, my love, where you pasture your flock, where you have them rest at noon; for why should I veil myself [like a whore] beside the flocks of your friends?

8 [Chorus] If you do not know, you most beautiful of women, then follow the footprints of the flock and let your kids graze by the shepherds' tents.

9 [He] My love, I compare you with my mare, pulling one of Pharaoh's chariots

10 your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with its strings of beads;

11 we will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.

12 [She] As the king reclines at table, my nard gives forth its perfume:

13 to me the man I love is a sachet of myrrh lodged between my breasts;

14 to me the man I love is a spray of henna flowers in the vineyards of 'Ein-Gedi.

15 [He] Look at you, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves

16 [She] - Look at you! So handsome, so pleasing, my darling! Our bed is the greenery;

17 cedars are the beams of our houses, cypresses the rafters.