Cantares 1

1Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: forלִ/שְׁלֹמֹֽה\׃ · H9005: to/for
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thy breasts are better than wine,

2Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee.

3Draw me: we will run after thee toלְ/רֵ֙יחַ֙ · H9005: to/for
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the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the rightous loveאֲהֵבֽוּ/ךָ\׃ · H0157G: to love: lover; to love: friend
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thee.

4I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

5Do not consider me that Iאֲנִי֙ · H0589: I
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am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept.

6Shew meתִּרְא֙וּ/נִי֙ · H9030: me
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, O thou whom myאִמִּ֣/י · H9020: my
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soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest inשֶׁ/אֲנִ֣י · H0589: I
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the midday, lest I begin toשֶׁ/לִּ֖/י · H9005: to/for
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wander after the flocks of thy companions.

7If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forthלִּ֗/י · H9005: to/for
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, and follow after the steps of the flocksעֶדְרֵ֥י · H5739: flock
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, and feed thy kids besideאֶֽהְיֶה֙ · H1961: to be
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the tents of the shepherds.

8Toלָ֔/ךְ · H9005: to/for
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my company of horsemen, inבַּ/נָּשִׁ֑ים · H9003: in/on/with
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Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.

9Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as jewels.

10We will make thee chains of gold, inlaidבַּ/תֹּרִ֔ים · H9003: in/on/with
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withבַּ/חֲרוּזִֽים\׃ · H9003: in/on/with
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silver.

11While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forthלָּ֔/ךְ · H9005: to/for
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the odour thereof.

12A bundle of myrrhנִרְדִּ֖/י · H9020: my
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is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts.

13A cluster of cypress myדּוֹדִ/י֙ · H9020: my
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love is toלִ֔/י · H9005: to/for
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meלִ֔/י · H9030: me
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, in the vineyards of Engaddi.

14Behold thou are fair, O myדּוֹדִ/י֙ · H9020: my
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love, behold thou are fair, thy eyes are as those of doves.

15Behold thou art fair, myרַעְיָתִ֔/י · H9020: my
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beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.

16The beams of ourעַרְשֵׂ֖/נוּ · H9025: our
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houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.