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Take me with you; let’s run together.
    The king takes me into his rooms.

Friends Speak to the Man

We will rejoice and be happy with you;
    we praise your love more than wine.
    With good reason, the young women love you.

The Woman Speaks

I’m dark but lovely,
    women of Jerusalem,
    dark like the tents of Kedar,
    like the curtains of Solomon.
Don’t look at how dark I am,
    at how dark the sun has made me.
My brothers were angry with me
    and made me tend the vineyards,
    so I haven’t tended my own vineyard!

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Take me away with you—let us hurry!
    Let the king bring me into his chambers.(A)

Friends

We rejoice and delight(B) in you[a];
    we will praise your love(C) more than wine.

She

How right they are to adore you!

Dark am I, yet lovely,(D)
    daughters of Jerusalem,(E)
dark like the tents of Kedar,(F)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.[b]
Do not stare at me because I am dark,
    because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
    and made me take care of the vineyards;(G)
    my own vineyard I had to neglect.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.
  2. Song of Songs 1:5 Or Salma