Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loveisbetter than wine.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy nameis asointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Iamblack, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not upon me, because Iamblack, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards;butmine own vineyard have I not kept.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makestthy flockto rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
Thy cheeks are comely with rowsof jewels, thy neck with chainsof gold.
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
While the kingsittethat his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
A bundle of myrrhismy wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
My belovedisunto measa cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Behold, thouartfair, my love; behold, thouartfair; thouhastdoves’ eyes.
Behold, thouartfair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bedisgreen.
The beams of our housearecedar,andour rafters of fir.