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שיר השירים
THE SONG OF SONGS
1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
- 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
- For thy love is better than wine.
- 3Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance;
- Thy name is as ointment poured forth;
- Therefore do the maidens love thee.
- 4Draw me, we will run after thee;
- The king hath brought me into his chambers;
- We will be glad and rejoice in thee,
- We will find thy love more fragrant than wine!
- Sincerely do they love thee.
- 5'I am black, but comely,
- O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
- As the tents of Kedar,
- As the curtains of Solomon.
- 6Look not upon me, that I am swarthy,
- That the sun hath tanned me;
- My mother's sons were incensed against me,
- They made me keeper of the vineyards;
- But mine own vineyard have I not kept.'
- 7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,
- Where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon;
- For why should I be as one that veileth herself
- Beside the flocks of thy companions?
- 8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,
- Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock
- And feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.
- 9I have compared thee, O my love,
- To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
- 10Thy cheeks are comely with circlets,
- Thy neck with beads.
- 11We will make thee circlets of gold
- With studs of silver.
- 12While the king sat at his table,
- My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
- 13My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh,
- That lieth betwixt my breasts.
- 14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna
- In the vineyards of En-gedi.
- 15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;
- Thine eyes are as doves.
- 16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant;
- Also our couch is leafy.
- 17The beams of our houses are cedars,
- And our panels are cypresses.
- 2 I am a rose of Sharon,
- A lily of the valleys.
- 2As a lily among thorns,
- So is my love among the daughters.
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