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