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1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.
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The Ultimate Song, by Shlomo:
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
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[She] Let him smother me with kisses from his mouth, for your love is better than wine.
3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
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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 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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"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 Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.
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[She] I am dark tan but beautiful, you daughters of Yerushalayim, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Shlomo.
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 had to neglect.
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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, 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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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 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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[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 I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
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[He] My love, I compare you with my mare, pulling one of Pharaoh's chariots
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
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your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with its strings of beads;
11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
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we will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
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[She] As the king reclines at table, my nard gives forth its perfume:
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
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to me the man I love is a sachet of myrrh lodged between my breasts;
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
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to me the man I love is a spray of henna flowers in the vineyards of 'Ein-Gedi.
15 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
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[He] Look at you, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves
16 How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
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[She] - Look at you! So handsome, so pleasing, my darling! Our bed is the greenery;
17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
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cedars are the beams of our houses, cypresses the rafters.
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