5. Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark and beautiful, as black as the tents of Kedar and Salma.
6. Don’t look at how dark I am, at how dark the sun has made me. My brothers were angry with me. They forced me to take care of their vineyards, so I could not take care of myself.
7. I love you with all my soul! Tell me, where do you feed your sheep? Where do you lay them down at noon? I should come to be with you or I will be like a hired woman caring for the sheep of your friends.
8. You are such a beautiful woman. Surely you know what to do. Go, follow the sheep. Feed your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.
9. My darling, you are more exciting to me than any mare among the stallions pulling Pharaoh’s chariots.