⁵ “^[a]I am black but ^(A)lovely,
O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the ^(C)tents of ^(D)Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
⁶ “Do not stare at me because I am ^[b]swarthy,
For the sun has burned me.
My ^(E)mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me ^(F)caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
⁷ “Tell me, O you ^(G)whom my soul loves,
Where do you ^(H)pasture your flock,
Where do you make it ^(I)lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who ^[c]veils herself
Beside the flocks of your ^(J)companions?”