Song of Solomon 1:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² Kiss me tenderly!
Your love is better than wine,
³     and you smell so sweet.
All the young women adore you;
the very mention of your name
    is like spreading perfume.
* ⁴ Hurry, my king! Let's hurry.
    Take me to your home.

We are happy for you!
And we praise your love
    even more than wine.

Young women of Jerusalem,
it is only right
    that you should adore him.