Song of Songs 1
A man and a woman who love each other
The young woman:
Your love makes me happier than
It has a lovely smell.
The sound of your name causes pleasure everywhere,
like sweet perfume.
All the young women love you!
I want the king to take me into his rooms.
The woman's friends:
We are very happy!
You make us happy.
We
because it is better than wine.
The young woman:
I agree! The young women are right to praise you like that.
my skin is dark but I am beautiful.
My skin is dark, like the
It is beautiful, like the curtains of King Solomon's tent.
Please do not look at me as if I am strange.
My brothers were angry with me.
They caused me to work outside in the sun.
I took care of the
and I could not take care of my own vineyard, my body.
Tell me where you take your sheep to eat grass.
Where will you take them to rest at midday?
I do not want to look for you everywhere
among the sheep of your friends.
They might not understand what I am doing.
The man and the woman praise each other
The young man:
If you do not know where to find me,
follow the marks from the feet of my sheep.
Take your young goats to eat grass
among the
You seem to me like a beautiful horse that pulls one of Pharaoh's
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and we will add pieces of
The young woman:
the sweet smell of my
that lies between my breasts.
that grow in the
The young man:
Yes, you are beautiful
and your eyes are like
The young woman:
Yes, you are lovely!
This field of fresh, green grass is our comfortable bed.
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