| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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." |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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?" |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi." |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves." |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"How handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses. |
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