5 Dark am I, yet lovely,daughters of Jerusalem,dark like the tents of Kedar,like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,because I am darkened by the sun.My mother’s sons were angry with meand made me take care of the vineyards;my own vineyard I had to neglect.
7 Tell me, you whom I love,where you graze your flockand where you rest your sheep at midday.Why should I be like a veiled womanbeside the flocks of your friends?
8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women,follow the tracks of the sheepand graze your young goatsby the tents of the shepherds.
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mareamong Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you earrings of gold,studded with silver.