Song of Solomon 1:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ Take me with you, and we'll run away;
    be my king and take me to your room.
We will be happy together,
    drink deep, and lose ourselves in love.
    No wonder all women love you!
⁵ Women of Jerusalem, I am dark but^[a] beautiful,
    dark as the desert tents of Kedar,
    but beautiful as the draperies in Solomon's palace.
⁶ Don't look down on me because of my color,
    because the sun has tanned me.
My brothers were angry with me
    and made me work in the vineyard.
    I had no time to care for myself.