## The Shulammite Bride's Desire 

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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. 

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"May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. 

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Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is _like_ purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you. 

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Draw me after you _and_ let us run _together_! The king has brought me into his chambers." "We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you." 

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"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. 

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Do not look at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, _But_ I have not taken care of my own vineyard. 

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Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you shepherd _your flock_, Where do you make _it_ lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?" 

## Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other 

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"If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the dwellings of the shepherds. 

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"To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh I compare you, O my darling. 

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Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads." 

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"We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver." 

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"While the king was at his banqueting table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance. 

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My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts. 

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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi." 

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"Behold, you are beautiful, my darling, Behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are _like_ doves." 

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"Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, Indeed, _so_ pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! 

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The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.