2Let him kissme with the kissesof his mouth: for thy love is betterthan wine.
3Because of the savourof thy goodointmentsthy name is as ointmentpoured forth, therefore do the virginslove thee.
4Drawme, we will runafterthee: the kinghath broughtme into his chambers: we will be gladand rejoicein thee, we will rememberthy lovemore than wine: the uprightlove thee.
5I am black, but comely, O ye daughtersof Jerusalem, as the tentsof Kedar, as the curtainsof Solomon.
6Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sunhath lookedupon me: my mother'childrenwere angrywith me; they mademe the keeperof the vineyards; but mine own vineyardhave I not kept.
7Tellme, O thou whom my soulloveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to restat noon: forwhy should I be as one that turneth asideby the flocksof thy companions?
8If thou knownot, O thou fairestamong women, go thy way forthby the footstepsof the flock, and feedthy kidsbeside the shepherds'tents.
9I have comparedthee, O my love, to a company of horsesin Pharaoh'chariots.
10Thy cheeksare comelywith rows of jewels , thy neckwith chains of gold .
11We will makethee bordersof goldwith studsof silver.
12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenardsendeth forththe smell thereof.
13A bundleof myrrh is my wellbelovedunto me; he shall lieall night betwixt my breasts.
14My beloved is unto me as a clusterof camphirein the vineyardsof Engedi.
15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves'eyes.
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
17The beamsof our house are cedar, and our raftersof fir.