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1:1  This is Solomon's song of songs, more wonderful than any other.
1:2  Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
1:3  How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all the young women love you!
1:4  Take me with you; come, let's run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Young Women of Jerusalem How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. How right they are to adore you.
1:5  I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem--dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon's tents.
1:6  Don't stare at me because I am dark--the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn't care for myself--my own vineyard.
1:7  Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks?
1:8  If you don't know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds' tents.
1:9  You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh's stallions.
1:10  How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.
1:11  We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.
1:12  The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.
1:13  My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
1:14  He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.
1:15  How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
1:16  You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;
1:17  fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.