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1:1  The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
1:2  Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;
1:3  your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
1:4  Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
1:5  I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
1:6  Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
1:7  Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
1:8  If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
1:9  I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
1:10  Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
1:11  We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
1:12  While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
1:13  My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.
1:14  My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
1:15  Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
1:16  Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;
1:17  the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.