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Chapter 1
TITLE AND PROLOGUE
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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
THE BRIDE
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. Your love is more delightful than wine;
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delicate is the fragrance of your perfume, your name is an oil poured out, and that is why the maidens love you.
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Draw me in your footsteps, let us run. The King has brought me into his rooms; you will be our joy and our gladness. We shall praise your love above wine; how right it is to love you.
THE BRIDE
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I am black but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the pavilions of Salmah,
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Take no notice of my swarthiness, it is the sun that has burnt me. My mother’s sons turned their anger on me, they made me look after the vineyards. Had I only looked after my own!
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Tell me then, you whom my heart loves: Where will you lead your flock to graze, where will you rest it at noon? That I may no more wander like a vagabond beside the flocks of your companions.
THE CHORUS
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If you do not know this, O loveliest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and take your kids to graze close by the shepherds’ tents.
THE BRIDEGROOM
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To my mare harnessed to Pharaoh’s chariot I compare you, my love.
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Your cheeks show fair between their pendants and your neck within its necklaces.
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We shall make you golden earrings and beads of silver.
DIALOGUE OF THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
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– While the King rests in his own room my nard yields its perfume.
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My Beloved is a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
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My Beloved is a cluster of henna flowers among the vines of Engedi.
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– How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves.
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– How beautiful you are, my Beloved, and how delightful! All green is our bed.
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– The beams of our house are of cedar, the panelling of cypress.
Chapters of Song of Songs
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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