Song of Songs 1

Authored by: Traditional
1:1
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹה׃
THE song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
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1:2
יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּיִן׃
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For thy love is better than wine.
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1:3
לְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנֶיךָ טוֹבִים שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ עַל־כֵּן עֲלָמוֹת אֲהֵבוּךָ׃
Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as ointment poured forth; Therefore do the maidens love thee.
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1:4
מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה הֱבִיאַנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ חֲדָרָיו נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ נַזְכִּירָה דֹדֶיךָ מִיַּיִן מֵישָׁרִים אֲהֵבוּךָ׃
Draw me, we will run after thee; The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will find thy love more fragrant than wine! Sincerely do they love thee.
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1:5
שְׁחוֹרָה אֲנִי וְנָאוָה בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם כְּאָהֳלֵי קֵדָר כִּירִיעוֹת שְׁלֹמֹה׃
’I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
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1:6
אַל־תִּרְאוּנִי שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַתְנִי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ בְּנֵי אִמִּי נִחֲרוּ־בִי שָׂמֻנִי נֹטֵרָה אֶת־הַכְּרָמִים כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לֹא נָטָרְתִּי׃
Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, That the sun hath tanned me; My mother’s sons were incensed against me, They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept.’
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1:7
הַגִּידָה לִּי שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי אֵיכָה תִרְעֶה אֵיכָה תַּרְבִּיץ בַּצָּהֳרָיִם שַׁלָּמָה אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹטְיָה עַל עֶדְרֵי חֲבֵרֶיךָ׃
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; For why should I be as one that veileth herself Beside the flocks of thy companions?
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1:8
אִם־לֹא תֵדְעִי לָךְ הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים צְאִי־לָךְ בְּעִקְבֵי הַצֹּאן וּרְעִי אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַיִךְ עַל מִשְׁכְּנוֹת הָרֹעִים׃
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock And feed thy kids, beside the shepherds’tents.
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1:9
לְסֻסָתִי בְּרִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה דִּמִּיתִיךְ רַעְיָתִי׃
I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
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1:10
נָאווּ לְחָיַיִךְ בַּתֹּרִים צַוָּארֵךְ בַּחֲרוּזִים׃
Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, Thy neck with beads.
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1:11
תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּסֶף׃
We will make thee circlets of gold With studs of silver.
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1:12
עַד־שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחוֹ׃
While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
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1:13
צְרוֹר הַמֹּר דּוֹדִי לִי בֵּין שָׁדַי יָלִין׃
My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.
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1:14
אֶשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר דּוֹדִי לִי בְּכַרְמֵי עֵין גֶּדִי׃
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna In the vineyards of En-gedi.
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1:15
הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִים׃
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves. .
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1:16
הִנְּךָ יָפֶה דוֹדִי אַף נָעִים אַף־עַרְשֵׂנוּ רַעֲנָנָה׃
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our couch is leafy.
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1:17
קֹרוֹת בָּתֵּינוּ אֲרָזִים רחיטנו [רַהִיטֵנוּ] בְּרוֹתִים׃
The beams of our houses are cedars, And our panels are cypresses.
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@AD1

Love poetry, with God never named

'Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth' opens a book that's almost entirely unembarrassed love poetry between two people, with God never mentioned by name anywhere in it.

Mystical & Allegorical
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@Rashi

Rashi on Song of Songs 1:2

<b>Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.</b> She recites this song with her mouth in her exile and in her widowhood, “If only King Shlomo would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth as of yore,”<sup class="footnote-marker">7</sup><i class="foo...

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