Song of Songs 1:1-4

New International Version

1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.^(A)

She^[a]

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love^(B) is more delightful than wine.^(C)
³Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;^(D)
    your name^(E) is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women^(F) love you!
⁴Take 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!

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Footnotes

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.
Song of Songs 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.

Song of Songs 4:1-7

New International Version

He

4 How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes behind your veil^(A) are doves.^(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from the hills of Gilead.^(C)
²Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin;
    not one of them is alone.^(D)
³Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth^(E) is lovely.^(F)
Your temples behind your veil
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.^(G)
⁴Your neck is like the tower^(H) of David,
    built with courses of stone^[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,^(I)
    all of them shields of warriors.
⁵Your breasts^(J) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle^(K)
    that browse among the lilies.^(L)
⁶Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,^(M)
I will go to the mountain of myrrh^(N)
    and to the hill of incense.
⁷You are altogether beautiful,^(O) my darling;
    there is no flaw^(P) in you.