KJV ¹ The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

VULC ¹ [Osculetur me osculo oris sui ;
quia meliora sunt ubera tua vino,

KJV ² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

VULC ² fragrantia unguentis optimis.
Oleum effusum nomen tuum ;
ideo adolescentulæ dilexerunt te.

KJV ³ Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

VULC ³ Trahe me, post te curremus
in odorem unguentorum tuorum.
Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua ;
exsultabimus et lætabimur in te,
memores uberum tuorum super vinum.
Recti diligunt te.

KJV ⁴ 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 remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

VULC ⁴ Nigra sum, sed formosa, filiæ Jerusalem,
sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salomonis.

KJV ⁵ I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

VULC ⁵ Nolite me considerare quod fusca sim,
quia decoloravit me sol.
Filii matris meæ pugnaverunt contra me ;
posuerunt me custodem in vineis :
vineam meam non custodivi.

KJV ⁶ Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

VULC ⁶ Indica mihi, quem diligit anima mea, ubi pascas,
ubi cubes in meridie,
ne vagari incipiam post greges sodalium tuorum.

KJV ⁷ 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 turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

VULC ⁷ Si ignoras te, o pulcherrima inter mulieres,
egredere, et abi post vestigia gregum,
et pasce hædos tuos juxta tabernacula pastorum.

KJV ⁸ 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.

VULC ⁸ Equitatui meo in curribus Pharaonis
assimilavi te, amica mea.

KJV ⁹ I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

VULC ⁹ Pulchræ sunt genæ tuæ sicut turturis ;
collum tuum sicut monilia.

KJV ¹⁰ Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

VULC ¹⁰ Murenulas aureas faciemus tibi,
vermiculatas argento.

KJV ¹¹ We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

VULC ¹¹ Dum esset rex in accubitu suo,
nardus mea dedit odorem suum.

KJV ¹² While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

VULC ¹² Fasciculus myrrhæ dilectus meus mihi ;
inter ubera mea commorabitur.

KJV ¹³ A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

VULC ¹³ Botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi
in vineis Engaddi.

KJV ¹⁴ My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

VULC ¹⁴ Ecce tu pulchra es, amica mea ! ecce tu pulchra es !
Oculi tui columbarum.

KJV ¹⁵ Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

VULC ¹⁵ Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus !
Lectulus noster floridus.

KJV ¹⁶ Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

VULC ¹⁶ Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina,
laquearia nostra cypressina.]

KJV ¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.