1. This is the greatest song Solomon ever wrote. A Shulammite woman says to King Solomon,
2. "I long for your lips to kiss me! Your love makes me happier than wine does.
3. The lotion you have on pleases me. Your name is like perfume that is poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
4. Take me away with you. Let us hurry! King Solomon, bring me into your palace." The other women say, "King Solomon, you fill us with joy. You make us happy. We praise your love more than we praise wine." The woman says to the king, "It is right for them to love you!
5. "Women of Jerusalem, my skin is dark but lovely. It is dark like the tents in Kedar. It's like the curtains of Solomon's tent.
6. Don't stare at me because I'm dark. The sun has made my skin look like this. My brothers burned with anger against me. They made me take care of the vineyards. I haven't even taken care of my own vineyard.