1:5 The Beloved to the Maidens:

I am dark but lovely, O maidens ¹  of Jerusalem,

dark ²  like the tents of Qedar, ³ 

lovely ⁴  like the tent curtains ⁵  of Salmah. ⁶ 

1:6 Do not stare at me because ⁷  I am dark,

for ⁸  the sun has burned my skin. ⁹ 

My brothers ¹⁰  were angry ¹¹  with me;

they made me the keeper of the vineyards.

Alas, my own vineyard ¹²  I could not keep! ¹³