| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Solomon's Song of Songs. | 1This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other. Young Woman |
| 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- for your love is more delightful than wine. | 2Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine. |
| 3Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you! | 3How pleasing is your fragrance; your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils. No wonder all the young women love you! |
| 4Take me away with you--let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She How right they are to adore you! | 4Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Young Women of Jerusalem How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. Young Woman How right they are to adore you. |
| 5Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. | 5I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents. |
| 6Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I had to neglect. | 6Don’t stare at me because I am dark— the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard. |
| 7Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends? | 7Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks? Young Man |
| 8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds. | 8If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents. |
| 9I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses. | 9You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions. |
| 10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. | 10How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels. |
| 11We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. | 11We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver. Young Woman |
| 12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. | 12The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume. |
| 13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. | 13My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts. |
| 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. | 14He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi. Young Man |
| 15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. | 15How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. Young Woman |
| 16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant. | 16You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed; |
| 17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs. | 17fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters. |
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