# Song 1
## The Bride Confesses Her Love
([[Ephesians_05|Ephesians 5.22–33]]; [[1_Peter_03|1 Peter 3.1–7]])
1 This is Solomon’s Song of Songs. {[[#^bsb-22-01-a| bsb-a ]]}
*The Bride* {[[#^niv-22-01-a| niv-a ]]}
- 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
- For your love is more delightful [[H3196|than wine]].
- 3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;
- your name is like perfume poured out.
- No wonder the maidens adore you.
- 4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
- May the king bring me to his chambers.
*The Friends*
- We will rejoice and delight in you {[[#^niv-22-01-b| niv-b ]]};
- we will praise your love [[H3196|more than wine]].
*The Bride*
- It is only right that they adore you.
- 5 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem,
- like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. {[[#^niv-22-01-c| niv-c ]]}
- 6 Do not stare because I am dark,
- for the sun has gazed upon me.
- My mother’s sons were angry with me;
- they made me a keeper of the vineyards,
- but my own vineyard I have neglected.
- 7 Tell me, O one I love,
- where do you pasture your sheep?
- Where do you rest them at midday?
- Why should I be like a veiled woman
- beside the flocks of your companions?
*The Friends*
- 8 If you do not know, O fairest of women,
- follow the tracks of the flock,
- and graze your young goats
- near the tents of the shepherds.
*The Bridegroom*
- 9 I compare you, my darling,
- to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
- 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,
- your neck with strings of jewels.
*The Friends*
- 11 We will make you ornaments of gold,
- studded with beads of silver.
*The Bride*
- 12 While the king was at his table,
- my perfume spread its fragrance.
- 13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
- resting between my breasts.
- 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
- in the vineyards of En-gedi.
*The Bridegroom*
- 15 How beautiful you are, my darling!
- Oh, how very beautiful!
- Your eyes are like doves.
*The Bride*
- 16 How handsome you are, my beloved!
- Oh, how delightful!
- The soft grass is our bed.
*The Bridegroom*
- 17 The beams of our house are cedars;
- our rafters are fragrant firs.
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### Footnotes:
- BSB
- 1 a Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as _The Bride_ , _The Groom_ , and _The Friends_ based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words. ^bsb-22-01-a
- NIV
- a 2 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. ^niv-22-01-a
- b 4 The Hebrew is masculine singular. ^niv-22-01-b
- c 5 Or *Salma* ^niv-22-01-c
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- TOC: [[TOC_Song]]
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