6. Do not gaze at me, because I am dark,because the sun has looked upon me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;they made me the keeper of the vineyards,but my own vineyard I have not kept.
7. Tell me, you whom my soul loves,where you pasture your flock,where you make it lie down at noon;for why should I be like one who veils herself by the flocks of your companions?
8. If you do not know, O fairest among women,follow in the tracks of the flock,and pasture your young goatsbeside the shepherds’ tents.
9. I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10. Lovely are your cheeks with ornaments,your neck with chains of gold.
11. We will make you ornaments of gold,with studs of silver.