Song of Solomon 1

Revised Geneva Translation

1 “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. For your love is better than wine.

² “Because of the savor of your good ointments, your name is as an ointment poured out. Therefore, the virgins love you.

³ “Draw me close.” “We will run after you.” “The king has brought me into his chambers.” “We will rejoice and be glad in you. We will remember your love more than wine.” “The righteous do love you.”

⁴ “I am black, O daughters of Jerusalem, but comely, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

⁵ “Do not see me because I am black. For the Sun has looked upon me. The sons of my mother were angry at me. They made me the keeper of the vines. But I did not keep my own vine.”

⁶ “Show me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you lie at noon. For why should I be as she who turns aside to the flocks of your companions?”

⁷ “If you do not know, O you, the fairest among women, go forth by the steps of the flock, and feed your kids by the tents of the shepherds.

⁸ “I have compared you, O my love, to the troupe of horses in the chariots of Pharaoh.

⁹ “Your cheeks are comely, with rows of stones, and your neck with chains.”

¹⁰ “We will make you borders of gold with floods of silver.”

¹¹ “While the king was at his repast, my spikenard gave its smell.

¹² “My well-beloved is as a bundle of myrrh to me. He shall lie between my breasts.

¹³ “My well-beloved is as a cluster of henna to me in the vines of En Gedi.”

¹⁴ “My love, behold, you are fair. Behold, you are fair. Your eyes are like doves.”

¹⁵ “My well-beloved. Behold, you are fair and pleasant. Also, our bed is green.

¹⁶ “The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are fir.”