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1. The Song of songs, which is Solomon�s.
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1. The song H7892 of songs H7892 , which H834 is Solomon H8010 's.
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2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
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2. Let him kiss H5401 me with the kisses H4480 H5390 of his mouth H6310 : for H3588 thy love H1730 is better H2896 than wine H4480 H3196 .
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3. Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is {cf15i as} ointment poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee.
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3. Because of the savor H7381 of thy good H2896 ointments H8081 thy name H8034 is as ointment H8081 poured forth H7324 , therefore H5921 H3651 do the virgins H5959 love H157 thee.
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4. Draw me; we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will make mention of thy love more than of wine: rightly do they love thee.
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4. Draw H4900 me , we will run H7323 after H310 thee : the king H4428 hath brought H935 me into his chambers H2315 : we will be glad H1523 and rejoice H8055 in thee , we will remember H2142 thy love H1730 more than wine H4480 H3196 : the upright H4339 love H157 thee.
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5. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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5. I H589 am black H7838 , but comely H5000 , O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , as the tents H168 of Kedar H6938 , as the curtains H3407 of Solomon H8010 .
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6. Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me. My mother�s sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; {cf15i but} mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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6. Look H7200 not H408 upon me , because I H7945 H589 am black H7840 , because the sun H8121 hath looked H7945 H7805 upon me : my mother H517 's children H1121 were angry H2734 with me ; they made H7760 me the keeper H5201 of H853 the vineyards H3754 ; but mine own H7945 vineyard H3754 have I not H3808 kept H5201 .
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7. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest {cf15i thy flock}, where thou makest {cf15i it} to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions?
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7. Tell H5046 me , O thou whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 , where H349 thou feedest H7462 , where H349 thou makest thy flock to rest H7257 at noon H6672 : for why H7945 H4100 should I be H1961 as one that turneth aside H5844 by H5921 the flocks H5739 of thy companions H2270 ?
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8. If 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.
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8. If H518 thou know H3045 not H3808 , O thou fairest H3303 among women H802 , go thy way forth H3318 by the footsteps H6119 of the flock H6629 , and feed H7462 H853 thy kids H1429 beside H5921 the shepherds H7462 ' tents H4908 .
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9. I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh�s chariots.
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9. I have compared H1819 thee , O my love H7474 , to a company of horses H5484 in Pharaoh H6547 's chariots H7393 .
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10. Thy cheeks are comely with plaits {cf15i of hair}, thy neck with strings of jewels
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10. Thy cheeks H3895 are comely H4998 with rows H8447 of jewels , thy neck H6677 with chains H2737 of gold .
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11. We will make thee plaits of gold with studs of silver.
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11. We will make H6213 thee borders H8447 of gold H2091 with H5973 studs H5351 of silver H3701 .
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12. While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
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12. While H5704 the king H7945 H4428 sitteth at his table H4524 , my spikenard H5373 sendeth forth H5414 the smell H7381 thereof.
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13. My beloved is unto me {cf15i as} a bundle of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.
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13. A bundle H6872 of myrrh H4753 is my well H1730 -beloved unto me ; he shall lie all night H3885 between H996 my breasts H7699 .
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14. My beloved is unto me {cf15i as} a cluster of henna�flowers in the vineyards of En�gedi.
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14. My beloved H1730 is unto me as a cluster H811 of camphire H3724 in the vineyards H3754 of En H5872 -gedi.
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15. Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are {cf15i as} doves.
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15. Behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 , my love H7474 ; behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 ; thou hast doves H3123 ' eyes H5869 .
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16. Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our couch is green.
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16. Behold H2009 , thou art fair H3303 , my beloved H1730 , yea H637 , pleasant H5273 : also H637 our bed H6210 is green H7488 .
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17. The beams of our house are cedars, {cf15i and} our rafters are firs.
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17. The beams H6982 of our house H1004 are cedar H730 , and our rafters H7351 of fir H1266 .
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