| 1:1 | Solomon's Love for a Shulamite Girl The song of songs, which is Solomon's. S The BanquetThe Shulamite |
| 1:2 | Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth-- For your love is better than wine. |
| 1:3 | Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you. |
| 1:4 | Draw me away! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you.We will remember 1 your love more than wine. Rightly do they love 1 you. The Daughters of JerusalemThe ShulamiteThe Daughters of JerusalemThe Shulamite |
| 1:5 | I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. |
| 1:6 | Do not look upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards, But my own vineyard I have not kept. (To Her Beloved) |
| 1:7 | Tell me, O you whom I love, Where you feed your flock, Where you make it rest at noon. For why should I be as one who veils herself By the flocks of your companions? The Beloved |
| 1:8 | If you do not know, O fairest among women, Follow in the footsteps of the flock, And feed your little goats Beside the shepherds' tents. |
| 1:9 | I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh's chariots. |
| 1:10 | Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with chains of gold. The Daughters of Jerusalem |
| 1:11 | We will make you ornaments of gold With studs of silver. The Shulamite |
| 1:12 | While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. |
| 1:13 | A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts. |
| 1:14 | My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms In the vineyards of En Gedi. The Beloved |
| 1:15 | Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove's eyes. The Shulamite |
| 1:16 | Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green. |
| 1:17 | The beams of our houses are cedar, And our rafters of fir. |