{"book":"Song of Songs","slug":"song-of-songs","ch":1,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Song of Songs","prev":"ecclesiastes/12","next":"song-of-songs/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"This [is] Solomon’s Song of Songs.","f":["Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as The Bride, The Groom, and The Friends based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words."],"h":"The Bride Confesses Her Love","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"For your love is more delightful than wine."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your name is like perfume poured out."},{"style":"indent2","t":"No wonder the maidens adore you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Take me away with you — let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Take me away with you — let us hurry!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"May the king bring me to his chambers."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"We will rejoice and delight in you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we will praise your love more than wine."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"It is only right that they adore you."}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own vineyard I have neglected.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not stare because I am dark,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the sun has gazed upon me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"My mother’s sons were angry with me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they made me a keeper of the vineyards,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[but] my own vineyard I have neglected."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Tell me, O one I love,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"where do you pasture your sheep?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Where do you rest them at midday?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Why should I be like a veiled woman"},{"style":"indent2","t":"beside the flocks of your companions?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If you do not know, O fairest of women,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"follow the tracks of the flock,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and graze your young goats"},{"style":"indent2","t":"near the tents of the shepherds."}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I compare you, my darling,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots."}],"h":"The Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your neck with strings of jewels."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"We will make you ornaments of gold, [studded] with beads of silver.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"We will make you ornaments of gold,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[studded] with beads of silver."}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"While the king was at his table,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my perfume spread its fragrance."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh"},{"style":"indent2","t":"resting between my breasts."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the vineyards of En-gedi."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"How beautiful [you are], my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are [like] doves.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How beautiful [you are], my darling!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Oh, how very beautiful!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your eyes are [like] doves."}],"h":"The Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"How handsome [you are], my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass [is] our bed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How handsome [you are], my beloved!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Oh, how delightful!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"The soft grass [is] our bed."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters [are fragrant] firs.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The beams of our house are cedars;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"our rafters [are fragrant] firs."}],"h":"The Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"}]}