1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth--
for your love is more delightful than wine. 1:3
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the maidens love you! 1:4
Take me away with you--let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.

Friends

We rejoice and delight in you ;
we will praise your love more than wine.

Beloved

How right they are to adore you!
1:5
Dark am I, yet lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon. 1:6
Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I have neglected. 1:7
Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends? 1:8

Lover

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds. 1:9
I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh. 1:10
Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels. 1:11
We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver. 1:12

Beloved

While the king was at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance. 1:13
My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. 1:14
My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

Lover

1:15
How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.

Beloved

1:16
How handsome you are, my lover!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.

Lover

1:17
The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.