| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. | 1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. |
| 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; | 2"May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. |
| 3your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. | 3"Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you. |
| 4Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. Others We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. | 4"Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers." "We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you." |
| 5I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. | 5"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 6Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept! | 6"Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned 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. |
| 7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? | 7"Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?" |
| 8If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. | 8"If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. |
| 9I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. | 9"To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh. |
| 10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. | 10"Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads." |
| 11We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver. | 11"We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver." |
| 12While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance. | 12"While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance. |
| 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts. | 13"My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts. |
| 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi. | 14"My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi." |
| 15Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. | 15"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves." |
| 16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green; | 16"How handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! |
| 17the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine. | 17"The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses. |
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