Song of Solomon 1 (New King James Version)

Song of Solomon 1

 ¹ The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

THE Shulamite^[a]

    ² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
      For your^[b] love is better than wine.
       ³ Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
      Your name is ointment poured forth;
      Therefore the virgins love you.
      ⁴ Draw me away!

The Daughters of Jerusalem

      We will run after you ^[c].

The Shulamite

       The king has brought me into his chambers.

The Daughters of Jerusalem

      We will be glad and rejoice in you^[d].


      We will remember your^[e] love more than wine.

The Shulamite

      Rightly do they love you.<sup>[f]


      5</sup> I am dark, but lovely,
      O daughters of Jerusalem,
      Like the tents of Kedar,
      Like the curtains of Solomon.
       ⁶ Do not look upon me, because I am dark,
      Because the sun has tanned me.
      My mother’s sons were angry with me;
      They made me the keeper of the vineyards,
      But my own vineyard I have not kept.

(To Her Beloved)

    ⁷ Tell me, O you whom I love,
      Where you feed your flock,
      Where you make it rest at noon.
      For why should I be as one who veils herself^[g]
      By the flocks of your companions?

THE Beloved

    ⁸ If you do not know, O fairest among women,
      Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
      And feed your little goats
      Beside the shepherds’ tents.
       ⁹ I have compared you, my love,
      To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
       ¹⁰ Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
      Your neck with chains of gold.

THE Daughters of Jerusalem

    ¹¹ We will make you^[h] ornaments of gold
      With studs of silver.

THE Shulamite

    ¹² While the king is at his table,
      My spikenard sends forth its fragrance.
       ¹³ A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
      That lies all night between my breasts.
       ¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms
      In the vineyards of En Gedi.

THE Beloved

    ¹⁵ Behold, you are fair, my love!
      Behold, you are fair!
      You have dove’s eyes.

THE Shulamite

    ¹⁶ Behold, you are handsome, my beloved!
      Yes, pleasant!
      Also our bed is green.
       ¹⁷ The beams of our houses are cedar,
      And our rafters of fir.