| 1. The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. |
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| 2. "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. |
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| 3. Because of the fragrance of your goodly oils, your name is 'oil poured forth.' Therefore, the maidens loved you. |
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| 4. Draw me, we will run after you; the king brought me to his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you. We will recall your love more fragrant than wine; they have loved you sincerely. |
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| 5. I am black but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem! Like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. |
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ה. |
| 6. Do not look upon me [disdainfully] because I am swarthy, for the sun has gazed upon me; my mother's sons were incensed against me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards; my own vineyard I did not keep. |
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| 7. Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where do you feed, where do you rest [the flocks] at noon, for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?" |
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| 8. "If you do not know, O fairest of women, go your way in the footsteps of the flocks and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' dwellings. |
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ח. |
| 9. At the gathering of the steeds of Pharaoh's chariots have I silenced you, my beloved. |
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ט. |
| 10. Your cheeks are comely with rows, your neck with necklaces. |
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י. |
| 11. We will make you rows of gold with studs of silver." |
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יא. |
| 12. "While the king was still at his table, my spikenard gave forth its fragrance. |
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יב. |
| 13. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; between my breasts he shall lie. |
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יג. |
| 14. A cluster of henna-flowers is my beloved to me, in the vineyards of Ein-Gedi." |
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יד. |
| 15. "Behold, you are comely, my beloved; behold, you are comely; your eyes are like doves." |
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| 16. "Behold, you are comely, my beloved, yea pleasant; also our couch is leafy. |
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| 17. The beams of our houses are cedars; our corridors are cypresses." |
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