Song of Solomon 1

Song of Songs 1:1

¹The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

This poem celebrates the song’s celebration of mutual desire and beloved presence.

Song of Songs 1:2-4

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine. ³Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you. ⁴Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

This poem celebrates love’s intoxicating sweetness and the joy of drawing near.

Song of Songs 1:5-7

⁵I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains. ⁶Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard. ⁷Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

This poem celebrates the beloved’s dignity, labor, sun-darkened beauty, and longing for her lover.

Song of Songs 1:8-10

⁸If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. ⁹I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. ¹⁰Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

This poem celebrates the lover’s affectionate praise and invitation into shared belonging.

Song of Songs 1:11

¹¹We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.

This poem celebrates communal delight in adorning and honoring the beloved.

Song of Songs 1:12-14

¹²While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. ¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts. ¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

This poem celebrates the fragrance, nearness, and treasured presence of the beloved.

Song of Songs 1:15

¹⁵Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.

This poem celebrates the lover’s delight in the beloved’s beauty.

Song of Songs 1:16

¹⁶Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.

This poem celebrates mutual admiration and the pleasure of shared intimacy.

Song of Songs 1:17

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

This poem celebrates a love that turns ordinary spaces into a beautiful home.

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