1This is the most excellent song by Solomon.
2Let him kiss me with his mouth; your love is more pleasing than wine.
3Your perfumes smell wonderful. Your name is like fragrant oil poured out, which is why young women love you.
4Take me away with you! Let's hurry! The king has brought me into his private rooms. We will be happy and joyful because of you. We will praise your love more than wine! Everyone is right to love you.
5I am dark but beautiful, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6Don't stare at me because I'm dark, because the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards, but I haven't taken care of my own vineyard.
7Tell me, my love, where do you let your flock graze, and where do you rest them at noon? Why should I wander around like someone veiled beside your companions' flocks?
8If you don't know, most beautiful of women, just follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
9My darling, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10Your cheeks are lovely with earrings, and your neck with strings of jewels.
11We will make you gold earrings with silver studs.
12While the king was at his table, my perfume released its fragrance.
13My beloved is like a sachet of myrrh to me, resting between my breasts.
14My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15Look, my love, you are beautiful! You are beautiful, your eyes are like doves.
16Look, my beloved, you are beautiful and pleasant; our bed is green.
17The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs.