| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1 Solomon's Finest Song. W |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating; your name is perfume poured out. No wonder young women adore you. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Take me with you--let us hurry. Oh, that the king would bring me to his chambers. Y We will rejoice and be glad for you; we will praise your love more than wine. W It is only right that they adore you. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Tell me, you, the one I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? M |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats near the shepherds' tents. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry, your neck with its necklace. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11We will make gold jewelry for you, accented with silver. W |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12While the king is on his couch, my perfume releases its fragrance. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13My love is a sachet of myrrh to me, spending the night between my breasts. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14My love is a cluster of henna blossoms to me, in the vineyards of En-gedi. M |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves. W |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16How handsome you are, my love. How delightful! Our bed is lush with foliage; |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17the beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are cypresses. |
|
    |