Song of Solomon 1:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ Hurry, my king! Let's hurry.
    Take me to your home.

We are happy for you!
And we praise your love
    even more than wine.

Young women of Jerusalem,
it is only right
    that you should adore him.
⁵ My skin is dark and beautiful,
like a tent in the desert
    or like Solomon's curtains.
⁶ Don't stare at me
just because the sun
    has darkened my skin.
My brothers were angry with me;
they made me work in the vineyard,
    and so I neglected
    my complexion.