Song of Solomon 1:4-12

⁴Oh draw me, after thee will we run: the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will recall thy caresses, more pleasant than wine; without deceit all love thee.—

⁵Black am I, yet comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

⁶Look not so at me, because I am somewhat black, because the sun hath looked fiercely at me: my mother's children were angry with me; they appointed me to be keeper of the vineyards; but my vineyard, which is my own, have I not kept.—

⁷Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?—

⁸If thou knowest this not, O thou fairest of women, go but forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids around the shepherds' dwellings.—

⁹Unto the horse in Pharaoh's chariot do I compare thee, my beloved.

¹⁰Comely are thy cheeks between strings of pearls, thy neck with rows of jewels.

¹¹Chains of gold will we make for thee with studs of silver.—

¹²While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth its pleasant smell.