Song of Solomon 1:1-11

¹The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

³Because of the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins 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 remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

⁵I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

⁶Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my 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 turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

⁸If thou knowest not, O thou fairest among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents.

⁹I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

¹⁰Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels , thy neck with chains of gold .

¹¹We will make for thee borders of gold with studs of silver.