Song of Solomon 1:3-5

The Voice

³    The pleasant aroma of your fragrance rises in the air;
        your name is like precious perfume poured out:
    This is why young women adore you.
⁴    Take me away with you;
        let’s run away together!

(to the young women) The king has brought me into his bedroom.

Young Women of Jerusalem (to him): We will shout for joy and celebrate over you.
We will make it known that your love is better than the finest of wines.

Her (to him): Everyone loves you, and there is no reason why they shouldn’t.

⁵    (to the young women) Look at me, young women of Jerusalem.
        I am dark but beautiful.
    I am dark like the tents of Kedar;
        I am beautiful like the curtains of Solomon’s temple.