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1:1 |
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
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1:2 |
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine,
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1:3 |
your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you.
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1:4 |
Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
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1:5 |
I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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1:6 |
Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
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1:7 |
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
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1:8 |
If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
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1:9 |
I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
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1:10 |
Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
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1:11 |
We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
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1:12 |
While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
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1:13 |
My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh that lies between my breasts.
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1:14 |
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
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1:15 |
Ah, you are beautiful, my love; ah, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
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1:16 |
Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
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1:17 |
the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
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