KJ3 Literal Translation
Song of Solomon 1
The King, His love to her. She confesses her deformity, and prays to be directed to His flock. Her Beloved directs her to the shepherds' tents: He praises her.
1The song of songs which is Solomon's.
2Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth; for Your love is better than wine.
3For Your ointments are good for a fragrance; Your name is as ointment poured out; on account of this the virgins love You.
4Draw me; we will run after You. The King has brought me into His chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in You; we will remember Your love more than wine; the upright ones love You.
5I am black, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6Do not look at me, that I am black, that the sun has looked on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me the one keeping the vineyards; but my own vineyard I have not kept.
7Tell me, You whom my soul loves, where do You feed; where do You lie down at noon? For should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of Your companions?
8If you yourself do not know, most beautiful among women, go out yourself in the footsteps of the flock. And feed your kids beside the dwellings of the shepherds.
9O My love, I have compared you to My mares in Pharaoh's chariots.
10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of beads.
11We will make for you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.
12While the King is in His circle, my spikenard gives its fragrance.
13A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved to me. He shall lie between my breasts.
14My Beloved is to me like a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15Behold, you are beautiful, My love. Behold, you are beautiful; your eyes as doves' eyes.
16Behold, You are beautiful, my Beloved; yea, pleasant. Also our couch is green.
17The beams of our house are cedars and our rafters of firs.
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