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Stop staring at me because I am so dark.
    The sun has tanned me.
    My brothers were angry with me.
    They made me the caretaker of the vineyards.
    I have not even taken care of my own vineyard.
Please tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock?
    Where does your flock lie down at noon?
    Tell me, or I will be considered a prostitute
    wandering among the flocks of your companions.

[The chorus of young women]

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
    follow the tracks of the flocks,
        and graze your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.

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