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Song of Solomon 1-8 (Listen)
1 The Song of aSongs, which is Solomon's.
The Bride Confesses Her Love
She1
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your blove is better than wine;
3 your canointing oils are fragrant;
your dname is oil poured out;
4 eDraw me after you; flet us run.
gThe king has brought me into his chambers.
Others
We will hexult and rejoice in you;
we will extol byour love more than wine;
She
5 I am very dark, but ilovely,
O jdaughters of Jerusalem,
6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
My mmother's sons were angry with me;
they made me nkeeper of othe vineyards,
but pmy own vineyard I have not kept!
7 Tell me, you qwhom my soul loves,
where you rpasture your flock,
where you make it slie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your tcompanions?
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
O umost beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
9 I compare you, vmy love,
to wa mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10 xYour cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
Others
11 We will make for you2 ornaments of gold,
She
12 While ythe king was on his couch,
my znard gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of amyrrh
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of bhenna blossoms
in the vineyards of cEngedi.
He
15 dBehold, eyou are beautiful, fmy love;
your geyes are doves.
She
16 Behold, you are beautiful, hmy beloved, truly idelightful.
17 the beams of our house are jcedar;
our rafters are jpine.
2 I am a rose3 of Sharon,
ka lily of the valleys.
He
so is lmy love among the young women.
She
3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my mbeloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat nin his shadow,
and his ofruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He pbrought me to the banqueting house,4
and his qbanner over me was love.
5 Sustain me with rraisins;
sfor I am sick with love.
6 His tleft hand is under my head,
and his right hand uembraces me!
7 I vadjure you,5 O wdaughters of Jerusalem,
by xthe gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
The Bride Adores Her Beloved
leaping yover the mountains,
9 My beloved is like za gazelle
10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
a“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
11 for behold, the winter is past;
bthe rain is over and gone.
12 cThe flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing6 has come,
and the voice of dthe turtledove
13 eThe fig tree ripens its figs,
and fthe vines are in blossom;
gArise, my love, my beautiful one,
14 O my hdove, in the iclefts of the rock,
let me jhear your voice,
and your face is klovely.
ffor our vineyards are in blossom.”
16 mMy beloved is mine, and I am his;
17 Until othe day breathes
and pthe shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like qa gazelle
or a young stag on cleft mountains.9
The Bride's Dream
3 On my bed rby night
I sought shim whom my soul loves;
tI sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city,
in uthe streets and in the squares;
I will seek shim whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
3 vThe watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
when I found shim whom my soul loves.
I wheld him, and would not let him go
until I had xbrought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of yher who conceived me.
5 zI adjure you, aO daughters of Jerusalem,
bby the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
Solomon Arrives for the Wedding
6 cWhat is that coming up from the wilderness
like dcolumns of smoke,
perfumed with emyrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
7 Behold, it is the litter10 of Solomon!
Around it are fsixty gmighty men,
some of the mighty men of Israel,
each with his hsword at his thigh,
against iterror by night.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage11
10 He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
by jthe daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go out, O kdaughters of Zion,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
on lthe day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty
He
4 Behold, myou are beautiful, my love,
nYour eyes are doves
obehind your veil.
pYour hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down qthe slopes of Gilead.
2 Your rteeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
and not one among them has lost its young.
3 Your lips are like sa scarlet thread,
and your mouth is tlovely.
Your ucheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
obehind your veil.
4 Your vneck is like the tower of David,
on it xhang a thousand shields,
all of ythem shields of warriors.
5 Your ztwo breasts are like two afawns,
that bgraze among the lilies.
6 cUntil the day breathes
I will go away to the mountain of dmyrrh
and the hill of dfrankincense.
7 eYou are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no fflaw in you.
8 gCome with me from hLebanon, my ibride;
come with me from hLebanon.
Depart13 from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of jSenir and kHermon,
from the mountains of leopards.
9 You have captivated my heart, my lsister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one mjewel of your necklace.
10 How beautiful is your love, my lsister, my bride!
How much nbetter is your love than wine,
and othe fragrance of your oils than any spice!
11 Your plips drip nectar, my bride;
qhoney and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is rlike the fragrance of hLebanon.
12 A garden locked is my lsister, my bride,
a spring locked, sa fountain tsealed.
13 Your shoots are uan orchard of pomegranates
with all vchoicest fruits,
14 nard and saffron, ycalamus and ycinnamon,
with all trees of zfrankincense,
with all ychoice spices—
15 a garden fountain, a well of cliving water,
and flowing streams from hLebanon.
Blow upon my dgarden,
Together in the Garden of Love
She
eLet my beloved come to his fgarden,
and eat its vchoicest fruits.
He
5 I gcame to my garden, my hsister, my bride,
I gathered my imyrrh with my spice,
I ate my jhoneycomb with my honey,
I kdrank my wine with my milk.
Others
Eat, lfriends, drink,
The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
She
2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is mknocking.
“Open to me, my nsister, my olove,
my rlocks with the drops of the night.”
3 sI had put off my garment;
I had tbathed my feet;
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
5 I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with uliquid myrrh,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he vspoke.
wI sought him, but found him not;
xI called him, but he gave no answer.
7 yThe watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
8 I zadjure you, O adaughters of Jerusalem,
bI am sick with love.
Others
9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O cmost beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus zadjure us?
The Bride Praises Her Beloved
She
10 My beloved is radiant and druddy,
edistinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
fhis locks are wavy,
12 His geyes are like doves
sitting beside a full pool.14
13 His icheeks are like jbeds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are klilies,
dripping uliquid myrrh.
set with ljewels.
His body is polished ivory,15
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
His appearance is like oLebanon,
16 His pmouth17 is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O adaughters of Jerusalem.
Others
6 Where has your beloved gone,
O cmost beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?
Together in the Garden of Love
She
2 My beloved has gone down to his qgarden
to rthe beds of spices,
and to gather tlilies.
3 uI am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
4 You are beautiful as vTirzah, wmy love,
zawesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn away your eyes from me,
aYour hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
6 bYour teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing;
not one among them has lost its young.
7 cYour cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
8 There are dsixty equeens and eighty econcubines,
and fvirgins without number.
9 My gdove, my hperfect one, is the only one,
pure to iher who bore her.
jThe young women saw her and called her blessed;
ethe queens and econcubines also, and they praised her.
10 k“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
lawesome as an army with banners?”
She
11 I went down to the nut orchard
to look at mthe blossoms of the valley,
nto see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 oBefore I was aware, my desire set me
among pthe chariots of my kinsman, a prince.19
Others
13 20 Return, return, O qShulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.
He
Why should you look upon qthe Shulammite,
as upon ra dance before stwo armies?21
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O tnoble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like ujewels,
the work of va master hand.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with wlilies.
3 xYour two breasts are like two fawns,
4 Your yneck is like an ivory tower.
Your zeyes are pools in aHeshbon,
Your nose is like a tower of bLebanon,
which looks toward cDamascus.
5 Your head crowns you like eCarmel,
and your fflowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 gHow beautiful and hpleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights!22
7 Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree
Oh may your breasts be like iclusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 and your jmouth23 like the best wine.
She
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.24
10 kI am my beloved's,
land his desire is for me.
The Bride Gives Her Love
11 mCome, my beloved,
and lodge in the villages;25
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
nand see whether the vines have budded,
whether othe grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 pThe mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
qnew as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
Longing for Her Beloved
8 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
2 I would lead you and rbring you
I would give you sspiced wine to drink,
3 tHis left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I uadjure you, O vdaughters of Jerusalem,
wthat you not stir up or awaken love
5 xWho is that coming up from the wilderness,
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as ya seal upon your arm,
for zlove is strong as death,
ajealousy26 is fierce as the grave.27
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very bflame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
all the wealth of his chouse,
he28 would be utterly despised.
Final Advice
Others
and she dhas no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
we will enclose her with eboards of cedar.
She
10 fI was a wall,
and my gbreasts were like towers;
as one who finds29 peace.
11 Solomon had ha vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he ilet out the vineyard to jkeepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit ka thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and lthe keepers of the fruit two hundred.
He
13 mO you who dwell in the gardens,
with ncompanions listening for your voice;
olet me hear it.
She
14 pMake haste, my beloved,
and be qlike a gazelle
on rthe mountains of spices.
Footnotes
[1] 1:2
[2] 1:11
[3] 2:1
[4] 2:4
[5] 2:7
[6] 2:12
[7] 2:15
[8] 2:16
[9] 2:17
[10] 3:7
[11] 3:9
[12] 4:4
[13] 4:8
[14] 5:12
[15] 5:14
[16] 5:14
[17] 5:16
[18] 6:2
[19] 6:12
[20] 6:13
[21] 6:13
[22] 7:6
[23] 7:9
[24] 7:9
[25] 7:11
[26] 8:6
[27] 8:6
[28] 8:7
[29] 8:10
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