Tell me, you whom I love:(A)
Where do you pasture your sheep?(B)
Where do you let them rest at noon?(C)
Why should I be like one who veils herself[a]
beside the flocks of your companions?(D)

Man

[b]If you do not know,
most beautiful of women,(E)
follow[c] the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
near the shepherds’ tents.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Or who wanders
  2. 1:8 Some understand the young women to be the speakers in this verse.
  3. 1:8 Lit go out for yourself into

Tell me, you whom I love,
    where do you graze your flock?
        Where do you make your flock lie down[a] at noon?
Why should I be considered a veiled woman[b]
    beside the flocks of your companions?

The Lover

If you don’t know, most beautiful of women,
    go out after the flock and graze your young goats beside the shepherd’s tents.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:7 Lit. where do you make to lie down
  2. Song of Solomon 1:7 I.e. a prostitute