Solomon's Song of Songs.
?She <n>The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions [He] and [She] respectively. The words of others are marked [Friends]. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.</n>?<br/> Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - for your love is more delightful than wine.
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
?Take me away with you - let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. <br/>?Friends?<br/>We rejoice and delight in you <n>The Hebrew is masculine singular.</n>; we will praise your love more than wine. <br/>?She?<br/> How right they are to adore you!
Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. <n>Or [Salma]</n>
Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother's sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I had to neglect.
Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?
?Friends?<br/> If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.
?He?<br/> I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariot horses.
Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
?She?<br/> While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
?He?<br/> How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
?She?<br/> How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
?He?<br/> The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.