Song of Solomon 1:3-5

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³Your perfume smells wonderful,
    but your name^[a] is sweeter than the best perfume.
    That is why the young women love you.
⁴Take me with you.
    Let’s run away.

The king took me into his room.

The Women of Jerusalem to the Man

We will rejoice and be happy for you.
Remember, your love is better than wine.
With good reason, the young women love you.

She Speaks to the Women

⁵Daughters of Jerusalem,
I am dark and beautiful,
as black as the tents of Kedar and Salma.^[b]

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 1:3 name In Hebrew this word sounds like the word “perfume.”
Song of Solomon 1:5 Kedar and Salma Arabian tribes. For “Salma” the standard Hebrew text has “Solomon,” but compare “Salma, Salmon” in Ruth 4:20-21.