1 The Song of Songs, which is for Solomon.[Woman]
2 If only he would give me some of his kisses . . .Oh, your loving is sweeter than wine!
3 Your fragrance is sweet;your very name is perfume.That’s why the young women love you.
4 Take me along with you; let’s run!My king has brought me into his chambers, saying,"Let’s exult and rejoice in you.Let’s savor your loving more than wine.No wonder they all love you!"
5 Dark am I, and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem—like the black tents of the Kedar nomads,like the curtains of Solomon’s palace.
6 Don’t stare at me because I’m darkenedby the sun’s gaze.My own brothers were angry with me.They made me a caretaker of the vineyards—but I couldn’t care for my own vineyard.