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THE SONG OF SOLOMON ..
THE SONG OF SOLOMON
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The Song of Songs, which it Solomon
The Bride Confesses Her Love
SHE Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine. your anointing oils are fragrant your name is oil poured out. therefore virgins love you
Draw me after you, let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers
OTHERS
We will exult and rejoice in you we will extol your love more than wine, rightly do they love you
SHE
I am very dark, but lovely O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar.
like the curtains of Solones
Do not gaze at me because I am dark because the sun has looked upon me My mother's sons were angry with me:
they made me keeper of the vine yands, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie dosen at noon for why should I be like one who veils her self
beside the flocks of your companions
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
HE
If you do not know,
O most beautiful among women. follow in the tracks of the flock.
and pasture your young gu beside the shepherds tents
I compare you my love.
to a mare among Pharaoh's charios Your cheeks are lovely with omameme your nock with strings of jewels
We will make for
shadded with slen
While the long wisin my pard gave birth in fre
My beloved is to me a such that lies berwers my f
My beloved is to treunesthes blossomss
in the vineyard of
H Behold, you are beautik, to behold, you are beaut your eyes are cons
Kcheld, you art heartily ne maly deligh
Our couch is green
the beat of our bes mo
I am a tose of Shar 2
H As a lily among hexmoles soi my love among yo women
As an apple lancarana
Wich great delight a
He brought me
and hanc Swain me with no
refresh me with g for Lamack whe
Ha left handly under na and his right has ent
by the swartheat te
amil it pleas
soest he comes
over the mountains
wending over the hills diska gazelle
den he stands shind nur wall
ng through the windows, seting through the lattice
eloved speaits and says to me my line, my beautiful one, donne awak
the hold, the winter is past sun is over and gune the flowers appear on the earth,
herine of singing has come. and the voice of the turtledove head in our hand
The fig troe ripens its figs and the vines are in blossom. they give forth fragrance my love, my beautiful one.
and come away One dove, in the clefts of the rode in the cannies of the clift not your face
in me hey your voice, and your face is lovely Catch the fose for us
a spoil the vinerards, Avur vueyards are in blossom"
loved is mine, and I am his prazer unong the lilies me day bienhes ast the stodons tien
mr beloved, be like a gazelle PATIMESAron deft mountains
3 in my bed by night
smalthia when the seul loves Taught him, but found him not Jane nove and about the city wern and in the sostres aankhit what my soul loves auto him but found him not Thewandumero fourud mer
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when went shout in the cov tove you been born whom my soul love"
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:3
Scarmely had paused them when I found him whom my soul loves
I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mord er's house
and into the dumber of her who con orived me
I allure you. O daughters of Jerusalem. by the gazelles or the dier of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases
Soleman Arrives for the Wedding
whur indur anming up from the wildermens Nike columns of moke
perfumed with myth and franktnorme with all the fragrant penders of a ma chum Beheld it is the liter of
Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty toen, some of the mighty nam of earl all of them wearing wends and expert in wa
each with his word at his thigh, against turtoe hy night. King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon
He made its post of silver, its back of gold, its seas of purplic its interior was inlaid with love
by the daughters of Jerusalem Go out. O daughters of Zion.
and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Solomon Admirez His Bride's Beauty HE
4 Behold, you are beautiful Behold, you are beautiful my love
Your eyes ate doves beftind your veil
Your hair is like a flock of goun leaping down the slopes of Gilead Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing all of which bear neins and not one ameng thant has lost les
young Your lips are like a scarlet thread and your mouth is lovely
The provided text is the beginning of the Book of Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) from the Bible, a passionate love poem celebrating marital intimacy, featuring dialogues between a bride (Shulammite) and her beloved (often seen as Solomon or Christ), expressing longing, beauty, and deep affection, using rich imagery of nature, perfumes, and royal splendor, and symbolizing divine love between God and His people.
Key Themes & Characters
The Bride (Shulammite): A dark-skinned woman working in vineyards, beautiful despite feeling plain, longing for her beloved's presence and touch.
The Beloved (King/Solomon): Praised for his fragrance, beauty, and as a symbol of divine love, bringing the bride into his chambers.
The Others/Maidens: A chorus of young women who affirm the couple's love and beauty.
Key Exchanges & Imagery
Longing for Intimacy (1:2-4): The bride desires kisses and the king's presence, finding his love better than wine, while others praise his fragrance.
Beauty & Identity (1:5-7): She acknowledges her dark skin from sun exposure but feels lovely, comparing herself to Kedar's tents and Solomon's curtains, not ashamed.
Guidance & Comparison (1:8-11): She asks where he pastures his flock; he tells her to follow the sheep, comparing her beauty to a Pharaoh's chariot mare adorned with jewels.
Mutual Delight (1:12-17): They celebrate each other's beauty, her perfume, and their shared space, described with cedar beams and green couches.
Deeper Interpretations
Human Love: A poetic celebration of romantic and sexual love within marriage.
Allegory: Often interpreted as Christ (the Bridegroom) and the Church (His Bride) or God and Israel, symbolizing divine, passionate love, a
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