1. The song of songs, which [is] Solomon's.
2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love [is] better than wine.
3. Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4. Draw me, we will run after thee the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine the upright love thee.
5. I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6. Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] my own vineyard have I not kept.
7. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8. If thou knowest not, O thou fairest among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents.
9. I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
10. Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck with chains [of gold].
11. We will make for thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12. While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth its smell.
13. A bundle of myrrh [is] my well beloved to me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14. My beloved [is] to me [as] a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15. Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes.
16. Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant also our bed [is] green.
17. The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.