5. I’m dark but lovely,women of Jerusalem,dark like the tents of Kedar,like the curtains of Solomon.
6. Don’t look at how dark I am,at how dark the sun has made me.My brothers were angry with meand made me tend the vineyards,so I haven’t tended my own vineyard!
7. Tell me, you whom I love,where do you feed your sheep?Where do you let them rest at noon?Why should I look for you near your friend’s sheep,like a woman who wears a veil?
8. You are the most beautiful of women.Surely you know to follow the sheepand feed your young goatsnear the shepherds’ tents.
9. My darling, you are like a mareamong the king’s stallions.
10. Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,and your neck with jewels.