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The Song of 1Songs, which is Solomon's.
The Bride Confesses Her Love
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your 2love is better than wine;
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5Draw me after you; 6let us run. 7The king has brought me into his chambers.We will 8exult and rejoice in you; we will extol 9your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
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I am very dark, but 10lovely, O 11daughters of Jerusalem, like 12the tents of 13Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My 14mother's sons were angry with me; they made me 15keeper of 16the vineyards, but 17my own vineyard I have not kept!
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Tell me, you 18whom my soul loves, where you 19pasture your flock, where you make it 20lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your 21companions?
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
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If you do not know, O 22most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
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25Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
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We will make for youa ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of 28myrrh that lies between my breasts.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)