Song of Solomon 1:1 (BSB)
This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

Song of Solomon 1:2 (BSB)
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

Song of Solomon 1:3 (BSB)
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

Song of Solomon 1:4 (BSB)
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

Song of Solomon 1:5 (BSB)
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:6 (BSB)
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

Song of Solomon 1:7 (BSB)
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

Song of Solomon 1:8 (BSB)
If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

Song of Solomon 1:9 (BSB)
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

Song of Solomon 1:10 (BSB)
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

Song of Solomon 1:11 (BSB)
We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

Song of Solomon 1:12 (BSB)
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

Song of Solomon 1:13 (BSB)
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

Song of Solomon 1:14 (BSB)
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.

Song of Solomon 1:15 (BSB)
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

Song of Solomon 1:16 (BSB)
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

Song of Solomon 1:17 (BSB)
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
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