1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
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The Bride Confesses Her Love
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine;
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your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.
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Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.
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I am very dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
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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!
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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?
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Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
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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.
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I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
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Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
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We will make for you[a] ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.
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While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of Engedi.
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Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.
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Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
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the beams of our house are cedar;
our rafters are pine.
