\NormalFont\ShortTitle{SONG OF SONGS}

{\MT Song of Songs



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\MM \VerseOne{1}The most beautiful song of Solomon.


\par }{\SH The Young Woman Arrives in Solomon’s Palace
\par }
{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.

\par }{\Q Your expressions of love are better than wine,


\par }{\Q \VS{3}better than the fragrance of cologne.

\par }{\Q (Cologne should be named after you.)

\par }{\Q No wonder the young women love you!


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Take me with you. Let’s run away.

\par }{\Q The king has brought me into his private rooms.

\par }{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q We will celebrate and rejoice with you.

\par }{\Q We will praise your expressions of love more than wine.

\par }{\Q How right it is that the young women love you!


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{5}Young women of Jerusalem, I am dark and lovely

\par }{\Q like Kedar’s tents,

\par }{\Q like Solomon’s curtains.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Stop staring at me because I am so dark.

\par }{\Q The sun has tanned me.

\par }{\Q My brothers were angry with me.

\par }{\Q They made me the caretaker of the vineyards.

\par }{\Q I have not even taken care of my own vineyard.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Please tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock?

\par }{\Q Where does your flock lie down at noon?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{⌞Tell me,⌟}} or I will be considered a prostitute

\par }{\Q {\ADD{⌞wandering⌟}} among the flocks of your companions.


\par }{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{8}If you do not know, most beautiful of women,

\par }{\Q follow the tracks of the flocks,

\par }{\Q and graze your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.


\par }{\SH Solomon Searches for the Young Woman’s Love
\par }
{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VS{9}My true love, I compare you to a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,

\par }{\Q your neck with strings of pearls.


\par }{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{11}We will make gold ornaments with silver beads for you.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{12}While the king is at his table,

\par }{\Q my perfume fills the air with its fragrance.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}My beloved is a pouch of myrrh \FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FK{Myrrh
}}{\FT{is a fragrant resin used for perfumes, embalming, and deodorizers.}}}

\par }{\Q that lies at night between my breasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}My beloved is a bouquet of henna flowers

\par }{\Q in the vineyards of En Gedi.


\par }{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VS{15}Look at you! You are beautiful, my true love!

\par }{\Q Look at you! You are so beautiful!

\par }{\Q Your eyes are like doves!


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{16}Look at you! You are handsome, my beloved, so pleasing to me!

\par }{\Q The leaf-scattered ground will be our couch.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}The cedars will be the walls of our house.

\par }{\Q The cypress trees will be our rafters.




\par }\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}I am a rose of Sharon,

\par }{\Q a lily
{\ADD{⌞growing⌟}} in the valleys.


\par }{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VS{2}Like a lily among thorns,

\par }{\Q so is my true love among the young women.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{3}Like an apple tree among the trees in the forest,

\par }{\Q so is my beloved among the young men.

\par }{\Q I want to sit in his shadow.

\par }{\Q His fruit tastes sweet to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He leads me into a banquet room

\par }{\Q and looks at me with love.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Strengthen me with raisins

\par }{\Q and refresh me with apples

\par }{\Q because I am weak from love.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}His left hand is under my head.

\par }{\Q His right hand caresses me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me

\par }{\Q by the gazelles

\par }{\Q or by the does in the field

\par }{\Q that you will not awaken love

\par }{\Q or arouse love before its proper time.


\par }{\SH The Young Woman Remembers One Spring Day with Her Beloved
\par }
{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{8}I hear my beloved’s voice.

\par }{\Q Look! Here he comes,

\par }{\Q sprinting over the mountains,

\par }{\Q racing over the hills.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

\par }{\Q Look! There he stands behind our wall,

\par }{\Q peeking through the window,

\par }{\Q looking through the lattice.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}My beloved said to me,

\par }{\Q “Get up, my true love, my beautiful one, and come with me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Look! The winter is past.

\par }{\Q The rain is over and gone.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Blossoms appear in the land.

\par }{\Q The time of the songbird has arrived.

\par }{\Q The cooing of the mourning dove is heard in our land.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The green figs ripen.

\par }{\Q The grapevines bloom and give off a fragrance.

\par }{\Q Get up, my true love, my beautiful one, and come with me.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}My dove, in the hiding places of the rocky crevices,

\par }{\Q in the secret places of the cliffs,

\par }{\Q let me see your figure and hear your voice.

\par }{\Q Your voice is sweet, and your figure is lovely.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Catch the foxes for us,

\par }{\Q the little foxes that ruin vineyards.

\par }{\Q Our vineyards are blooming.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}My beloved is mine, and I am his.

\par }{\Q He is the one who grazes his flock among the lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}When the day brings a cooling breeze and the shadows flee,

\par }{\Q turn around, my beloved.

\par }{\Q Run like a gazelle or a young stag

\par }{\Q on the mountains that separate us!




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The Young Woman Dreams about Searching for Her Beloved
\par }
{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}Night after night on my bed

\par }{\Q I looked for the one I love.

\par }{\Q I looked for him but did not find him.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I will get up now and roam around the city,

\par }{\Q in the streets, and in the squares.

\par }{\Q I will look for the one I love.

\par }{\Q I looked for him but did not find him.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The watchmen making their rounds in the city found me.

\par }{\Q {\ADD{⌞I asked,⌟}} “Have you seen the one I love?”


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I had just left them when I found the one I love.

\par }{\Q I held on to him and would not let him go

\par }{\Q until I had brought him into my mother’s house,

\par }{\Q into the bedroom of the one who conceived me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me

\par }{\Q by the gazelles

\par }{\Q or by the does in the field,

\par }{\Q that you will not awaken love

\par }{\Q or arouse love before its proper time.


\par }{\SH A Description of the Royal Procession
\par }
{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{6}Who is this young woman coming up from the wilderness

\par }{\Q like clouds of smoke?

\par }{\Q She is perfumed with myrrh and incense

\par }{\Q made from the merchants’ scented powders.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Look! Solomon’s sedan chair! \FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:7 }{\FT{A
}}{\FQ{sedan chair}}{\FT{ is a portable chair for carrying a person of high position.}}}

\par }{\Q Sixty soldiers from the army of Israel surround it.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}All of them are skilled in using swords,

\par }{\Q experienced in combat.

\par }{\Q Each one has his sword at his side

\par }{\Q and guards against the terrors of the night.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}King Solomon had a carriage made for himself

\par }{\Q from the wood of Lebanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He had its posts made out of silver,

\par }{\Q its top out of gold,

\par }{\Q its seat out of purple fabric.

\par }{\Q Its inside—with inlaid scenes of love—

\par }{\Q was made by the young women of Jerusalem.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Young women of Zion, come out and look at King Solomon!

\par }{\Q Look at his crown,

\par }{\Q the crown his mother placed on him on his wedding day,

\par }{\Q his day of joyful delight.




\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Solomon Is Charmed by the Young Woman
\par }
{\SP [GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}Look at you! You are beautiful, my true love.

\par }{\Q Look at you! You are so beautiful.

\par }{\Q Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.

\par }{\Q Your hair is like a flock of goats moving down Mount Gilead.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Your teeth are like a flock of sheep about to be sheared,

\par }{\Q sheep that come up from the washing.

\par }{\Q All of them bear twins, and not one has lost its young.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your lips are like scarlet thread.

\par }{\Q Your mouth is lovely.

\par }{\Q Your temples behind your veil are like slices of pomegranate.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Your neck is like David’s beautifully-designed tower.

\par }{\Q A thousand round shields belonging to soldiers

\par }{\Q are hung on it.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Your breasts are like two fawns,

\par }{\Q like twin gazelles grazing among the lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}When the day brings a cool breeze and the shadows flee,

\par }{\Q I will go to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of incense.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}You are beautiful in every way, my true love.

\par }{\Q There is no blemish on you.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}You will come with me from Lebanon,

\par }{\Q from Lebanon as my bride.

\par }{\Q You will travel with me

\par }{\Q from the peak of Mount Amana,

\par }{\Q from the mountain peaks in Senir and Hermon,

\par }{\Q from the lairs of lions,

\par }{\Q from the mountains of leopards.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}My bride, my sister, you have charmed me.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:9 }{\FT{“Brother” and “}}{\FK{sister}}{\FT{” are terms of endearment between lovers in ancient Near Eastern literature.}}}

\par }{\Q You have charmed me

\par }{\Q with a single glance from your eyes,

\par }{\Q with a single strand of your necklace.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}How beautiful are your expressions of love, my bride, my sister!

\par }{\Q How much better are your expressions of love than wine

\par }{\Q and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Your lips drip honey, my bride.

\par }{\Q Honey and milk are under your tongue.

\par }{\Q The fragrance of your clothing is like the fragrance of Lebanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}My bride, my sister is a garden that is locked,

\par }{\Q a garden that is locked,

\par }{\Q a spring that is sealed.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}You are paradise that produces

\par }{\Q pomegranates and the best fruits,

\par }{\Q henna flowers and nard,


\par }{\Q \VS{14}nard and saffron,

\par }{\Q calamus,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:14 }{\FK{Calamus
}}{\FT{is a sweet-smelling spice.}}} cinnamon, and all kinds of incense,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:14 }{\FT{Or
}}{\FQA{“incense-producing trees.”}}}

\par }{\Q myrrh, aloes, and all the best spices.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{⌞You are⌟}} a spring for gardens,

\par }{\Q a well of living water flowing from Lebanon.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{16}Awake, north wind!

\par }{\Q Come, south wind!

\par }{\Q Blow on my garden!

\par }{\Q Let its spices flow from it.

\par }{\Q Let my beloved come to his garden,

\par }{\Q and let him eat his own precious fruit.




\par }\Chap{5}{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}My bride, my sister, I will come to my garden.

\par }{\Q I will gather my myrrh with my spice.

\par }{\Q I will eat my honeycomb with my honey.

\par }{\Q I will drink my wine with my milk.

\par }{\Q Eat, my friends!

\par }{\Q Drink and become intoxicated with expressions of love!


\par }{\SH The Young Woman Dreams of Marriage with Her Husband
\par }
{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{2}I sleep, but my mind is awake.

\par }{\Q Listen! My beloved is knocking.

\par }{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q Open to me, my true love, my sister,

\par }{\Q my dove, my perfect one.

\par }{\Q My head is wet with dew,

\par }{\Q my hair with the dewdrops of night.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{3}I have taken off my clothes! Why should I put them on
{\ADD{⌞again⌟}}?

\par }{\Q I have washed my feet! Why should I get them dirty
{\ADD{⌞again⌟}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}My beloved put his hand through the keyhole.

\par }{\Q My heart throbbed for him.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I got up to open for my beloved.

\par }{\Q My hands dripped with myrrh,

\par }{\Q and my fingers were drenched with liquid myrrh,

\par }{\Q on the handles of the lock.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I opened for my beloved,

\par }{\Q but my beloved had turned away. He was gone!

\par }{\Q I almost died when he left.

\par }{\Q I looked for him, but I did not find him.

\par }{\Q I called for him, but he did not answer me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The watchmen making their rounds in the city found me.

\par }{\Q They struck me!

\par }{\Q They wounded me!

\par }{\Q Those watchmen on the walls took my robe from me!


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me

\par }{\Q that if you find my beloved

\par }{\Q you will tell him I am hopelessly lovesick.


\par }{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{9}Most beautiful of women,

\par }{\Q what makes your beloved better than any other beloved?

\par }{\Q What makes your beloved better than any other beloved

\par }{\Q that you make us swear this way?


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{10}My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy.

\par }{\Q He stands out among 10,000 men.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}His head is the finest gold.

\par }{\Q His hair is wavy, black as a raven.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}His eyes are set like doves bathing in milk.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}His cheeks are like a garden of spices,

\par }{\Q a garden that produces scented herbs.

\par }{\Q His lips are lilies that drip with myrrh.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}His hands are disks of gold set with emerald.

\par }{\Q His chest is a block of ivory covered with sapphires.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}His legs are columns of marble set on bases of pure gold.

\par }{\Q His form is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}His mouth is sweet in every way.

\par }{\Q Everything about him is desirable!

\par }{\Q This is my beloved, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.




\par }\Chap{6}{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}Where did your beloved go, most beautiful of women?

\par }{\Q Where did your beloved turn?

\par }{\Q We will look for him with you.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{2}My beloved went to his garden,

\par }{\Q to the beds of spices,

\par }{\Q to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.

\par }{\Q He is the one who grazes his flock among the lilies.


\par }{\SH Solomon Desires the Young Woman More Than the Rest of His Wives
\par }
{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VS{4}You are beautiful, my true love, like Tirzah,

\par }{\Q lovely like Jerusalem,

\par }{\Q awe-inspiring like those great cities.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:4 }{\FT{Or
}}{\FQA{“awe-inspiring as an army with flags.”}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Turn your eyes away from me. They enchant me!

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q Your hair is like a flock of goats moving down from Gilead.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Your teeth are like a flock of sheep,

\par }{\Q sheep that come up from the washing.

\par }{\Q All of them bear twins, and not one has lost its young.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Your temples behind your veil are like slices of pomegranate.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}There are 60 queens, 80 concubines,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:8 }{\FT{A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.}}} and countless virgins,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}but she is unique, my dove, my perfect one.

\par }{\Q Her mother thinks she is unique.

\par }{\Q She is pure to the one who gave birth to her.

\par }{\Q Her sisters saw her and blessed her.

\par }{\Q Queens and concubines saw her and praised her.


\par }{\SH The Young Woman’s Home in Shulam
\par }
{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{10}Who is this young woman?

\par }{\Q She looks like the dawn.

\par }{\Q She is beautiful like the moon,

\par }{\Q pure like the sun,

\par }{\Q awe-inspiring like those heavenly bodies.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{11}I went to the walnut grove

\par }{\Q to look at the blossoms in the valley,

\par }{\Q to see if the grapevine had budded

\par }{\Q and if the pomegranates were in bloom.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I did not know that I had become

\par }{\Q like the chariots of my noble people.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:12 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Song of Songs 6:13}}{\FT{ in English Bibles is Song of Songs 7:1 in the Hebrew Bible.}}}


\par }{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{13}Come back! Come back, young woman from Shulam!

\par }{\Q Come back! Come back so that we may look at you!

\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q Why do you look at me, the young woman from Shulam,

\par }{\Q as you look at the dance of Mahanaim?




\par }\Chap{7}{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VerseOne{1}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:1 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Song of Songs 7:1–13}}{\FT{ in English Bibles is Song of Songs 7:2–14 in the Hebrew Bible.}}}How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, noble daughter!

\par }{\Q The curves of your thighs are like ornaments,

\par }{\Q like the work of an artist’s hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Your navel is a round bowl.

\par }{\Q May it always be filled with spiced wine.

\par }{\Q Your waist is a bundle of wheat enclosed in lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your breasts are like two fawns,

\par }{\Q twins of a gazelle.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Your neck is like an ivory tower.

\par }{\Q Your eyes are like pools in Heshbon, pools by the gate of Bath Rabbim.

\par }{\Q Your nose is like a Lebanese tower facing Damascus.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}You hold your head as high as Mount Carmel.

\par }{\Q Your dangling curls are royal beauty.

\par }{\Q Your flowing locks could hold a king captive.


\par }{\SH Solomon Longs for the Young Woman’s Affection
\par }
{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VS{6}How beautiful and charming you are, my love, with your elegance.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Young woman,

\par }{\Q your figure is like a palm tree,

\par }{\Q and your breasts are like its clusters.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I thought, “I will climb the palm tree

\par }{\Q and take hold of its fruit.”

\par }{\Q May your breasts be like clusters on the vine.

\par }{\Q May the fragrance of your breath be like apples.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}May your mouth taste like the best wine …

\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q … that goes down smoothly to my beloved

\par }{\Q and glides over the lips of those about to sleep.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:9 }{\FT{Or
}}{\FQA{“flowing gently over lips and teeth.”}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I am my beloved’s, and he longs for me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Come, my beloved.

\par }{\Q Let’s go into the field.

\par }{\Q Let’s spend the night among the henna flowers.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:11 }{\FT{Or
}}{\FQA{“in the villages.”}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Let’s go to the vineyards early.

\par }{\Q Let’s see if the vines have budded,

\par }{\Q if the grape blossoms have opened,

\par }{\Q if the pomegranates are in bloom.

\par }{\Q There I will give you my love.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The mandrakes \FTNT{§}{{\FR 7:13 }{\FK{Mandrakes
}}{\FT{were thought to stimulate sexual desire.}}} give off a fragrance,

\par }{\Q and at our door are all kinds of precious fruits.

\par }{\Q I have saved new and old things

\par }{\Q for you alone, my beloved.




\par }\PoetryChap{8}{\Q \VerseOne{1}If only you were my brother,

\par }{\Q one who nursed at my mother’s breasts.

\par }{\Q If I saw you on the street,

\par }{\Q I would kiss you, and no one would look down on me.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I would lead you.

\par }{\Q I would bring you into my mother’s house.

\par }{\Q (She is the one who was my teacher.)

\par }{\Q I would give you some spiced wine to drink,

\par }{\Q some juice squeezed from my pomegranates.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}His left hand is under my head.

\par }{\Q His right hand caresses me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me

\par }{\Q that you will not awaken love

\par }{\Q or arouse love before its proper time!


\par }{\SH The Young Woman’s Love for Her Beloved
\par }
{\SP [ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

\par }{\Q \VS{5}Who is this young woman coming from the wilderness

\par }{\Q with her arm around her beloved?

\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q Under the apple tree I woke you up.

\par }{\Q There your mother went into labor with you.

\par }{\Q There she went into labor

\par }{\Q and gave birth to you!


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Wear me as a signet ring on your heart,

\par }{\Q as a ring on your hand.

\par }{\Q Love is as overpowering as death.

\par }{\Q Devotion is as unyielding as the grave.

\par }{\Q Love’s flames are flames of fire,

\par }{\Q flames that come from the
{\ND{Lord}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Raging water cannot extinguish love,

\par }{\Q and rivers will never wash it away.

\par }{\Q If a man exchanged all his family’s wealth for love,

\par }{\Q people would utterly despise him.


\par }{\SH The Young Woman with Her Family and Her Beloved
\par }
{\SP [ THE BROTHERS ]

\par }{\Q \VS{8}We have a little sister, and she has no breasts.

\par }{\Q What will we do for our sister on the day she becomes engaged?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}If she is a wall, we will build a silver barrier around her.

\par }{\Q If she is a door, we will barricade her with cedar boards.


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{10}I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers.

\par }{\Q So he considers me to be one who has found peace.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:10 }{\FT{In Hebrew there is a play on the words “}}{\FK{peace}}{\FT{” ({\TL{shalom}}), “Solomon” ({\TL{Shlomo}}), and “the young woman from Shulam” ({\TL{Shulamith}}).}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.

\par }{\Q He entrusted that vineyard to caretakers.

\par }{\Q Each one was to bring 25 pounds of silver

\par }{\Q in exchange for its fruit.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}My own vineyard is in front of me.

\par }{\Q That 25 pounds is yours, Solomon,

\par }{\Q and 5 pounds go to those who take care of its fruit.


\par }{\SP [ GROOM ]

\par }{\Q \VS{13}Young woman living in the gardens,

\par }{\Q while your friends are listening to your voice,

\par }{\Q let me hear….


\par }{\SP [ BRIDE ]

\par }{\Q \VS{14}Come away quickly, my beloved.

\par }{\Q Run like a gazelle or a young stag

\par }{\Q on the mountains of spices.

\par }