Song of Solomon 1:4-6

New American Standard Bible 1995

“^[a]We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will ^[b]extol your ^(B)love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

⁵ “^[c]I am black but ^(C)lovely,
O ^(D)daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the ^(E)tents of ^(F)Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
⁶ “Do not stare at me because I am ^[d]swarthy,
For the sun has burned me.
My ^(G)mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me ^(H)caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.