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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Song of Solomon 1 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/songs/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/songs/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Songs 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 12">◄</a> Song of Solomon 1 <a href="../songs/2.htm" title="Song of Solomon 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Love Is Better than Wine</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.1" class="v22_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Song.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This is Solomon's</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_1">most beautiful song.</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.2" class="v22_1_2">2</span>Kiss me tenderly!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_2">Your love is better than wine,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.3" class="v22_1_3">3</span>and you smell so sweet.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_3">All the young women adore you;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_3">the very mention of your name</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_3">is like spreading perfume.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_3">* </span><span class="v22_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.4" class="v22_1_4">4</span>Hurry, my king! Let's hurry.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_4">Take me to your home.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Young Women Speak:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_4">We are happy for you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_4">And we praise your love</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_4">even more than wine.</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_4">Young women of Jerusalem,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_4">it is only right</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_4">that you should adore him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.5" class="v22_1_5">5</span>My skin is dark and beautiful,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_5">like a tent in the desert</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_5">or like Solomon's curtains.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.6" class="v22_1_6">6</span>Don't stare at me</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_6">just because the sun</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_6">has darkened my skin.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_6">My brothers were angry with me;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_6">they made me work in the vineyard,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_6">and so I neglected</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_6">my complexion.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.7" class="v22_1_7">7</span>My darling, I love you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_7">Where do you feed your sheep</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_7">and let them rest at noon?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_7">Don't let the other shepherds</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_7">think badly of me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_7">I'm not one of those women</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_7">who shamelessly follow</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_7">after shepherds.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.1.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h5 class="sp">He Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.8" class="v22_1_8">8</span>My dearest, if you don't know,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_8">just follow the path</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_8">of the sheep.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_8">Then feed your young goats</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_8">near the shepherds' tents.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.9" class="v22_1_9">9</span>You move as gracefully</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_9">as the pony that leads</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_9">the chariot of the king.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.10" class="v22_1_10">10</span>Earrings add to your beauty,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_10">and you wear a necklace</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_10">of precious stones.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.11" class="v22_1_11">11</span>Let's make you some jewelry</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_11">of gold, woven with silver.</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.12" class="v22_1_12">12</span>My king, while you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_12">were on your couch,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_12">my aroma was a magic charm.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.1.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.13" class="v22_1_13">13</span>My darling, you are perfume</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_13">between my breasts;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.14" class="v22_1_14">14</span>you are flower blossoms</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_14">from the gardens of En-Gedi.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.1.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h5 class="sp">He Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.15" class="v22_1_15">15</span>My darling, you are lovely,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_15">so very lovely—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_15">your eyes are those of a dove.</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.16" class="v22_1_16">16</span>My love, you are handsome,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_16">truly handsome—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_16">the fresh green grass</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_16">will be our wedding bed</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Song.1.17" class="v22_1_17">17</span>in the shade of cedar</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_1_17">and cypress trees.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Don't let … after shepherds: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">magic charm: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “spikenard” (or “nard”), a sweet-smelling ointment made from a plant that comes from India. The ointment was sometimes used as a love charm.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">En-Gedi: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">An oasis west of the Dead Sea.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Bible text from the Contemporary English Version 2nd Edition (CEV®) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.cev.bible">www.cev.bible</a>. 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