Do not stare at me because I am dark,
for the sun has gazed on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;(A)
they made me take care of the vineyards.(B)
I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

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

Man

[b]If you do not know,
most beautiful of women,(G)
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

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