The Song of Solomon
unknown authorship
(Holy Bible, Old Testament)
unknown authorship
(Holy Bible, Old Testament)
| This is a book I love wholeheartedly. I hate all that is Jewish except the Song of Solomon. --Osho Books I Haved Loved |
aka: The Song of Songs; or sometimes Canticle of Canticles.
originally written in Hebrew, c 300 BCE, according to most
scholars. Attributed to King Solomon of the Jews, who lived
centuries before, but this is most likely not factual--his name was
probably lent to this story of two young lovers as more of a way
to get it included into the scriptural collection which came to be
known as the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.
Hebrew: שיר השירים Shir ha-Shirim, Song of Songs
originally written in Hebrew, c 300 BCE, according to most
scholars. Attributed to King Solomon of the Jews, who lived
centuries before, but this is most likely not factual--his name was
probably lent to this story of two young lovers as more of a way
to get it included into the scriptural collection which came to be
known as the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.
Hebrew: שיר השירים Shir ha-Shirim, Song of Songs
5.
I am dark, daughters of Jerusalem,
and I am beautiful!
Dark as the tents of Kedar, lavish
as Solomon's tapestries.
6.
Do not see me only as dark:
the sun has stared at me.
My brothers were angry with me,
they made me guard the vineyards.
I have not guarded my own.
I am dark, daughters of Jerusalem,
and I am beautiful!
Dark as the tents of Kedar, lavish
as Solomon's tapestries.
6.
Do not see me only as dark:
the sun has stared at me.
My brothers were angry with me,
they made me guard the vineyards.
I have not guarded my own.
Hebrew verse of The Song of Songs:
Hebrew is read from right to left, opposite
of English, the letters all being
consonants, with the vowels indicated by
small marks above or below them.
Hebrew is read from right to left, opposite
of English, the letters all being
consonants, with the vowels indicated by
small marks above or below them.
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