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新婦與耶路撒冷諸女之言

所羅門的歌,是歌中的雅歌。

願他用口與我親嘴!因你的愛情比酒更美。 你的膏油馨香,你的名如同倒出來的香膏,所以眾童女都愛你。 願你吸引我,我們就快跑跟隨你。王帶我進了內室。我們必因你歡喜快樂,我們要稱讚你的愛情,勝似稱讚美酒。她們愛你是理所當然的!

耶路撒冷的眾女子啊,我雖然黑,卻是秀美,如同基達的帳篷,好像所羅門的幔子。 不要因日頭把我曬黑了就輕看我。我同母的弟兄向我發怒,他們使我看守葡萄園,我自己的葡萄園卻沒有看守。 我心所愛的啊,求你告訴我,你在何處牧羊?晌午在何處使羊歇臥?我何必在你同伴的羊群旁邊,好像蒙著臉的人呢?

你這女子中極美麗的,你若不知道,只管跟隨羊群的腳蹤去,把你的山羊羔牧放在牧人帳篷的旁邊。 我的佳偶,我將你比法老車上套的駿馬。 10 你的兩腮因髮辮而秀美,你的頸項因珠串而華麗。 11 我們要為你編上金辮,鑲上銀釘。

讚新郎之美

12 王正坐席的時候,我的哪噠香膏發出香味。 13 我以我的良人為一袋沒藥,常在我懷中; 14 我以我的良人為一棵鳳仙花,在隱基底葡萄園中。

15 我的佳偶,你甚美麗,你甚美麗!你的眼好像鴿子眼。

16 我的良人哪,你甚美麗可愛!我們以青草為床榻, 17 以香柏樹為房屋的棟梁,以松樹為椽子。

Solomon’s Song of Songs.(A)

She[a]

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love(B) is more delightful than wine.(C)
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;(D)
    your name(E) is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women(F) love you!
Take me away with you—let us hurry!
    Let the king bring me into his chambers.(G)

Friends

We rejoice and delight(H) in you[b];
    we will praise your love(I) more than wine.

She

How right they are to adore you!

Dark am I, yet lovely,(J)
    daughters of Jerusalem,(K)
dark like the tents of Kedar,(L)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.[c]
Do not stare at me because I am dark,
    because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
    and made me take care of the vineyards;(M)
    my own vineyard I had to neglect.
Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep(N) at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled(O) woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(P)
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

He

I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.(Q)
10 Your cheeks(R) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.(S)
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
    studded with silver.

She

12 While the king was at his table,
    my perfume spread its fragrance.(T)
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh(U)
    resting between my breasts.
14 My beloved(V) is to me a cluster of henna(W) blossoms
    from the vineyards of En Gedi.(X)

He

15 How beautiful(Y) you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.(Z)

She

16 How handsome you are, my beloved!(AA)
    Oh, how charming!
    And our bed is verdant.

He

17 The beams of our house are cedars;(AB)
    our rafters are firs.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 1:2 The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions He and She respectively. The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.
  2. Song of Songs 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.
  3. Song of Songs 1:5 Or Salma