⁵ Dark am I, yet lovely,^(A)
    daughters of Jerusalem,^(B)
dark like the tents of Kedar,^(C)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.^[a]
6 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;^(D)
    my own vineyard I had to neglect.

⁷ Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep^(A) at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled^(B) woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?