5. Dark am I, yet lovely,daughters of Jerusalem,dark like the tents of Kedar,like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6. Do not stare at me because I am dark,because I am darkened by the sun.My mother’s sons were angry with meand made me take care of the vineyards;my own vineyard I had to neglect.
7. Tell me, you whom I love,where you graze your flockand where you rest your sheep at midday.Why should I be like a veiled womanbeside the flocks of your friends?
8. If you do not know, most beautiful of women,follow the tracks of the sheepand graze your young goatsby the tents of the shepherds.
9. I liken you, my darling, to a mareamong Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10. Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,your neck with strings of jewels.