Book of Song of Solomon

Poetry & Romance

Traditionally Solomon

Traditionally dated c. 960 BC

The beauty of marital love.

Song of Solomon is a collection of lyrical love poems celebrating the beauty of courtship, marital love, and physical intimacy between a bridegroom and his bride.

“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.”

“O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.”

“Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.”

“O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.”

“Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?”