2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for youⁱ love [is] better than wine.

3Because of the savour of youⁱ good ointments youⁱ name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love youⁱ.

4Draw me, we will run after youⁱ: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in youⁱ, we will remember youⁱ love more than wine: the upright love youⁱ.

5I [am] black, but comely (attractive; proper (one’s own; peculiar; particular); becoming), O you^2f daughters of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], as the tents of Kedar [dark], as the curtains of Shlomo (Solomon) [peace].

6Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun has looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] my own vineyard have I not kept.

7Tell me, O youⁱ whom my soul loves, where youⁱ feed, where youⁱ makes [youⁱ flock] to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of yourⁱ companions?

8If youⁱ know not, O youⁱ fairest among women, go yourⁱ way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed yourⁱ kids beside the shepherds' tents.

9I have compared youⁱ, O my love, to a company of horses in Par’oh’s [Pharaoh - Great House] chariots.

10Your1s cheeks are comely (attractive; proper (one’s own; peculiar; particular); becoming) with rows [of jewels], yourⁱ neck with chains [of gold].

11We will make yourⁱ borders of gold with studs of silver.

12While the king [sits] at his table, my spikenard send forth the smell thereof.

13A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

14My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of ‘Ein-Gedi [Fount of the Kid].

15Behold, youⁱ [are] fair, my love; behold, youⁱ [are] fair; youⁱ [have] doves' eyes.

16Behold, youⁱ [are] fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed [is] green.

17The beams of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters of fir.