The Desire for Love

The Beloved to Her Lover:4

1:2 Oh, how I wish you5 would kiss me passionately!6

For your lovemaking7 is more delightful8 than wine.9

1:3 The fragrance10 of your colognes11 is delightful;12

your name13 is like the finest14 perfume.15

No wonder the young women16 adore17 you!

1:4 Draw me18 after you; let us hurry!19

May the king20 bring21 me into his22 bedroom chambers!23

The Maidens24 to the Lover:

We will25 rejoice and delight in you;26

we will praise27 your love more than wine.

The Beloved to Her Lover:

How rightly28 the young women29 adore you!