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# Song of Solomon 1
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1. The Song of Songs, which is Solomons. She
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2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;
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3. your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
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4. Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. Others We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. She
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5. I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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6. Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mothers sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
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7. Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? He
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8. If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds tents.
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9. I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaohs chariots.
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10. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. Others
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11. We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver. She
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12. While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
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13. My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.
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14. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi. He
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15. Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. She
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16. Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;
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17. the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.
(ESV)