² “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is ^[c]sweeter than wine.
³ Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your name is like ^[d]purified oil;
Therefore the ^[e]young women love you.
⁴ Draw me after you and let’s run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”

“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;
We will praise your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

⁵ “I am black and beautiful,
You daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
⁶ Do not stare at me because I am ^[f]dark,
For the sun has tanned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
⁷ Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you have it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who ^[g]veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

⁸ “If you yourself do not know,
Most beautiful among women,
Go out on the trail of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.

¹¹ “We will make for you jewelry of gold
With beads of silver.”

¹² “While the king was at his table,
My ^[i]perfume gave forth its fragrance.
¹³ My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
In the vineyards of Engedi.”

¹⁵ “^[j]How beautiful you are, my darling,
^[k]How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”

¹⁶ “^[l]How handsome you are, my beloved,
And so delightful!
Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!
¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars,
Our rafters, junipers.