5. Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.
6. Do not stare at me because I am dark,for the sun has gazed on me.My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard.
7. Tell me, you, the one I love: Where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you let them rest at noon? Why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
8. If you do not know,most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the flock,and pasture your young goatsnear the shepherds’ tents.
9. I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10. Your cheeks are beautiful with jewelry, your neck with its necklace.