Song of Solomon 1:6-8

New Century Version

⁶ Don’t look at how dark I am,
    at how dark the sun has made me.
My brothers were angry with me
    and made me tend the vineyards,
    so I haven’t tended my own vineyard!
⁷ Tell me, you whom I love,
    where do you feed your sheep?
    Where do you let them rest at noon?
Why should I look for you near your friend’s sheep,
    like a woman who wears a veil?^[a]

⁸ You are the most beautiful of women.
    Surely you know to follow the sheep
and feed your young goats
    near the shepherds’ tents.