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The ^(F1)Song of ^(C1)Songs, which is Solomon's.

"May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your ^(C1)love is ^(F1)sweeter than wine.

-"Your ^(C1)oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your ^(C2)name is like ^(F1)purified oil; Therefore the ^(F2)(C3)young women love you.

-"Draw me after you and let's run together! The ^(C1)king has brought me into his chambers." The Chorus "We will rejoice in you and be joyful; We will praise your ^(C2)love more than wine. Rightly do they love you."

"I am black and ^(C1)beautiful, You ^(C2)daughters of Jerusalem, Like the ^(C3)tents of ^(C4)Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

-"Do not stare at me because I am ^(F1)dark, For the sun has tanned me. My ^(C1)mother's sons were angry with me; They made me ^(C2)caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

-"Tell me, you ^(C1)whom my soul loves, Where do you ^(C2)pasture your flock, Where do you have it ^(C3)lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who ^(F1)veils herself Beside the flocks of your ^(C4)companions?"

"If you yourself do not know, ^(C1)Most beautiful among women, Go out on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds.

"^(F1)To me, ^(C1)my darling, you are like My ^(C2)mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

-"Your ^(C1)cheeks are delightful with jewelry, Your neck with strings of ^(C2)beads."

"We will make for you jewelry of gold With beads of silver."

"While the king was at his table, My ^(F1)(C1)perfume gave forth its fragrance.

-"My beloved is to me a pouch of ^(C1)myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.

-"My beloved is to me a cluster of ^(C1)henna blossoms In the vineyards of ^(C2)Engedi."

"^(F1)(C1)How beautiful you are, my darling, ^(F1)How beautiful you are! Your ^(C2)eyes are like doves."

"^(F1)How handsome you are, ^(C1)my beloved, And so delightful! Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!

-"The beams of our house are ^(C1)cedars, Our rafters, ^(C2)junipers.

"I am the ^(F1)(C1)rose of ^(C2)Sharon, The ^(C3)lily of the valleys."

"Like a lily among the thorns, So is ^(C1)my darling among the ^(F1)young women."

"Like an ^(C1)apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the ^(F1)young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his ^(C2)fruit was sweet to my ^(F2)taste.

-"He has ^(C1)brought me to his ^(F1)banquet hall, And his ^(C2)banner over me is love.

-"Refresh me with ^(C1)raisin cakes, Sustain me with ^(C2)apples, Because ^(C3)I am lovesick.

-"^(C1)His left hand is under my head, And ^(C1)his right hand ^(C2)embraces me."

"^(C1)Swear to me, you ^(C2)daughters of Jerusalem, By the ^(C3)gazelles or by the ^(C4)does of the field, ^(C1)That you will not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases."

"Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Leaping ^(C1)on the mountains, Jumping on the hills!

-"My beloved is like a ^(C1)gazelle or a ^(C2)young ^(F1)stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering ^(C3)through the lattice.

"My beloved responded and said to me, '^(C1)Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.

-'For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.

-'The blossoms have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for ^(F1)pruning the vines, And the voice of the ^(C1)turtledove has been heard in our land.

-'The ^(C1)fig tree has ripened its fruit, And the ^(C2)vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'"

"^(C1)My dove, ^(C2)in the clefts of the ^(F1)rock, In the hiding place of the mountain pathway, Let me see ^(F2)how you look, ^(C3)Let me hear your voice; For your voice is pleasant, And ^(F2)you look ^(C4)delightful."

"^(C1)Catch the ^(F1)foxes for us, The ^(F2)little ^(F1)foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our ^(C2)vineyards are in blossom."

"^(C1)My beloved is mine, and I am his; He ^(C2)pastures his flock among the lilies.

-"^(C1)Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee, Turn, my beloved, and be like a ^(C2)gazelle Or a young stag ^(C3)on the mountains of ^(F1)Bether."

"On my bed night after night I sought him ^(C1)Whom my soul loves; I ^(C2)sought him but did not find him.

'^(F1)I must arise now and ^(F2)go around in the city; In the ^(C1)streets and in the public squares ^(F3)I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.

-"^(C1)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'

-"^(C1)Hardly had I ^(F1)left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I ^(C2)held on to him and would not let him go Until I had ^(C3)brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who conceived me."

"^(C1)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem, By the ^(C2)gazelles or by the does of the field, That you will not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases."

"^(F1)(C1)What is this coming up from the wilderness Like ^(C2)columns of smoke, Perfumed with ^(C3)myrrh and ^(C4)frankincense, With all the scented powders of the merchant?

-"Behold, it is ^(F1)the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty warriors around it, Of the warriors of Israel.

-"All of them are wielders of the sword, ^(C1)Expert in war; Each man has his ^(C2)sword at his side, Guarding against the ^(F1)(C3)terrors of the night.

-"King Solomon has made for himself a ^(F1)sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.

-"He made its posts of silver, Its ^(F1)back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly inlaid By the ^(C1)daughters of Jerusalem.

-"Go out, you ^(C1)daughters of Zion, And look at King Solomon with the ^(F1)crown With which his mother has crowned him On the ^(C2)day of his wedding, And on the day of the joy of his heart."