The World English Bible (WEB): Song of Solomon

Excerpt

Song of Solomon

1:1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Beloved1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;for your love is better than wine.1:3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance.Your name is oil poured forth,therefore the virgins love you.1:4Take me away with you.Let us hurry.The king has brought me into his chambers.FriendsWe will be glad and rejoice in you.We will praise your love more than wine!BelovedThey are right to love you.1:5I am dark, but lovely,you daughters of Jerusalem,like Kedar's tents,like Solomon's curtains.1:6Don't stare at me because I am dark,because the sun has scorched me.My mother's sons were angry with me.They made me keeper of the vineyards.I haven't kept my own vineyard.1:7Tell me, you whom my soul loves,where you graze your flock,where you rest them at noon;For why should I be as one who is veiledbeside the flocks of your companions?Lover1:8If you don't know, most beautiful among women,follow the tracks of the sheep.Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.1:9I have compared you, my love,to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,your neck with strings of jewels.1:11We will make you earrings of gold,with studs of silver.Beloved1:12While the king sat at his table,my perfume spread its fragrance.1:13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh,that lies between my breasts.1:14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossomsfrom the vineyards of En Gedi.Lover1:15Behold, you are beautiful, my love.Behold, you are beautiful.Your eyes are doves.Beloved1:16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant;and our couch is verdant.Lover1:17The beams of our house are cedars.Our rafters are firs.Beloved2:1I am a rose of Sharon,a lily of the valleys.Lover2:2As a lily among thorns,so is my love among the daughters.Beloved2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,so is my beloved among the sons.I sat down under his shadow with great delight,his fruit was sweet to my taste.2:4He brought me to the banquet hall.His banner over me is love.2:5Strengthen me with raisins,refresh me with apples;For I am faint with love.2:6His left hand is under my head.His right hand embraces me.2:7I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,by the roes, or by the hinds of the field,that you not stir up, nor awaken love,until it so desires.2:8The voice of my beloved!Behold, he comes,leaping on the mountains,skipping on the hills.2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart.Behold, he stands behind our wall!He looks in at the windows.He glances through the lattice.2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me,"Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.2:11For, behold, the winter is past.The rain is over and gone.2:12The flowers appear on the earth.The time of the singing has come,and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land....