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The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.">a</a></sup></span> </p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—</p><p class="line2">for your love is more delightful than wine.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;</p><p class="line2">your name is like perfume poured out.</p><p class="line2">No wonder the young women love you!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Take me away with you—let us hurry!</p><p class="line2">Let the king bring me into his chambers.</p></div></div><div class="speech"><p class="speaker">Friends</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">We rejoice and delight in you <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew is masculine singular.">b</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">we will praise your love more than wine.</p></div></div><div class="speech"><p class="speaker">She</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">How right they are to adore you!</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Dark am I, yet lovely,</p><p class="line2">daughters of Jerusalem,</p><p class="line1">dark like the tents of Kedar,</p><p class="line2">like the tent curtains of Solomon. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Salma">c</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not stare at me because I am dark,</p><p class="line2">because I am darkened by the sun.</p><p class="line1">My mother’s sons were angry with me</p><p class="line2">and made me take care of the vineyards;</p><p class="line2">my own vineyard I had to neglect.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Tell me, you whom I love,</p><p class="line2">where you graze your flock</p><p class="line2">and where you rest your sheep at midday.</p><p class="line1">Why should I be like a veiled woman</p><p class="line2">beside the flocks of your friends?</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">Friends</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If you do not know, most beautiful of women,</p><p class="line2">follow the tracks of the sheep</p><p class="line1">and graze your young goats</p><p class="line2">by the tents of the shepherds.</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">He</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I liken you, my darling, to a mare</p><p class="line2">among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,</p><p class="line2">your neck with strings of jewels.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We will make you earrings of gold,</p><p class="line2">studded with silver.</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">She</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While the king was at his table,</p><p class="line2">my perfume spread its fragrance.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh</p><p class="line2">resting between my breasts.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms</p><p class="line2">from the vineyards of En Gedi.</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">He</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>How beautiful you are, my darling!</p><p class="line2">Oh, how beautiful!</p><p class="line2">Your eyes are doves.</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">She</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>How handsome you are, my beloved!</p><p class="line2">Oh, how charming!</p><p class="line2">And our bed is verdant.</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">He</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The beams of our house are cedars;</p><p class="line2">our rafters are firs.</p></div></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot">The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions <i>He</i> and <i>She</i> respectively. The words of others are marked <i>Friends</i>. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew is masculine singular.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Salma</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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