Song of Solomon

1The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;for your love is better than wine.

3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance.Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

4Take me away with you.Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms.FriendsWe will be glad and rejoice in you.We will praise your love more than wine!BelovedThey are right to love you.

5I am dark, but lovely,you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.

6Don’t stare at me because I am dark,because the sun has scorched me.My mother’s sons were angry with me.They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

7Tell me, you whom my soul loves,where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

8If you don’t know, most beautiful amongst women,follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

9I have compared you, my love,to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,your neck with strings of jewels.

11We will make you earrings of gold,with studs of silver.

12While the king sat at his table,my perfume spread its fragrance.

13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh,that lies between my breasts.

14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossomsfrom the vineyards of En Gedi.

15Behold,you are beautiful, my love.Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.

16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant;and our couch is verdant.

17The beams of our house are cedars.Our rafters are firs.

1Bài ca tuyệt diệu của Sa-lô-môn.

2Ân ái của anh còn ngọt ngào hơn rượu.

3thảo nào các thiếu nữ mê say mộ mến !

4Thương yêu ngài phải lẽ biết bao nhiêu !

5như lều Kê-đa, tựa trướng Xan-ma.

6nhưng vườn nho của tôi, tôi lại không canh giữ !

7bên đàn vật của các bạn anh.

8mà dẫn dê con của nàng đi ăn quanh các lều mục tử.

9ngậm dây cương xa giá Pha-ra-ô.

10cổ nàng đeo chuỗi ngọc.

11các anh đây sẽ làm sẵn cho nàng.

12dầu cam tùng của tôi toả hương thơm ngát.

13nằm gọn trên ngực tôi.

14trong vườn nho Ên Ghe-đi.

15Đôi mắt nàng là một cặp bồ câu.

16Giường chúng ta là cánh đồng xanh ngát.

17và ván ghép tường là trắc bá diệp.