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The Loved One

The daughters[a] of Jerusalem, I’m dark and lovely
    like the tents of Kedar,
        like the curtains of Solomon.
Don’t stare at me because I’m dark;
    the sun has tanned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me.
    They made me the caretaker of the vineyards,
        but I didn’t take care of my own vineyard.

Tell me, you whom I love,
    where do you graze your flock?
        Where do you make your flock lie down[b] at noon?
Why should I be considered a veiled woman[c]
    beside the flocks of your companions?

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:5 Or The young women
  2. Song of Solomon 1:7 Lit. where do you make to lie down
  3. Song of Solomon 1:7 I.e. a prostitute