Birkat HamazonChapter 1
Shir Hashirim, the Song of Songs, chapter by chapter, ready to read in Hebrew, transliterated or translated.
The chapter
1 שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ יִשָּׁקֵ֙נִי֙ מִנְּשִׁיק֣וֹת פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃ לְרֵ֙יחַ֙ שְׁמָנֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִ֔ים שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑ךָ עַל־כֵּ֖ן עֲלָמ֥וֹת אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ מׇשְׁכֵ֖נִי אַחֲרֶ֣יךָ נָּר֑וּצָה הֱבִיאַ֨נִי הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ חֲדָרָ֗יו נָגִ֤ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ נַזְכִּ֤ירָה דֹדֶ֙יךָ֙ מִיַּ֔יִן מֵישָׁרִ֖ים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה אֲנִי֙ וְֽנָאוָ֔ה בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כְּאׇהֳלֵ֣י קֵדָ֔ר כִּירִיע֖וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ אַל־תִּרְא֙וּנִי֙ שֶׁאֲנִ֣י שְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶת שֶׁשְּׁזָפַ֖תְנִי הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ בְּנֵ֧י אִמִּ֣י נִֽחֲרוּ־בִ֗י שָׂמֻ֙נִי֙ נֹטֵרָ֣ה אֶת־הַכְּרָמִ֔ים כַּרְמִ֥י שֶׁלִּ֖י לֹ֥א נָטָֽרְתִּי׃ הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֗י שֶׁ֤אָֽהֲבָה֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֵיכָ֣ה תִרְעֶ֔ה אֵיכָ֖ה תַּרְבִּ֣יץ בַּֽצׇּהֳרָ֑יִם שַׁלָּמָ֤ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה עַ֖ל עֶדְרֵ֥י חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃ אִם־לֹ֤א תֵֽדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים צְֽאִי־לָ֞ךְ בְּעִקְבֵ֣י הַצֹּ֗אן וּרְעִי֙ אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ עַ֖ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃ לְסֻֽסָתִי֙ בְּרִכְבֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְ רַעְיָתִֽי׃ נָאו֤וּ לְחָיַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּתֹּרִ֔ים צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃ תּוֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ נַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ עִ֖ם נְקֻדּ֥וֹת הַכָּֽסֶף׃ עַד־שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ׃ צְר֨וֹר הַמֹּ֤ר ׀ דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בֵּ֥ין שָׁדַ֖י יָלִֽין׃ אֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל הַכֹּ֤פֶר ׀ דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בְּכַרְמֵ֖י עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי׃ הִנָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י הִנָּ֥ךְ יָפָ֖ה עֵינַ֥יִךְ יוֹנִֽים׃ הִנְּךָ֨ יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף־עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃ קֹר֤וֹת בָּתֵּ֙ינוּ֙ אֲרָזִ֔ים רחיטנו רַהִיטֵ֖נוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים׃
1 shir hashshirim asher lishlomoh yishshakeini minnshikot pihu ki-tovim dodeicha miyyayin lereiach shemaneicha tovim shemen turak shemecha al-kein alamot aheivucha moshcheini achareicha narutzah heviani hammelech chadaraiv nagilah venismchah bach nazkirah dodeicha miyyayin meisharim aheivucha shechorah ani vena'vah benot yerushalam keohlei keidar kiri'ot shelomoh El-tir'uni sheani shecharchoret sheshshzafatni hashshamesh benei immi nicharu-vi samuni noteirah et-hakkramim karmi shelli lo natarti haggidah li sheahavah nafshi eichah tireh eichah tarbitz batztzohrayim shallamah ehyeh keoteyah al edrei chaveireicha im-lo teidi lach hayyafah bannashim tzei-lach beikvei hatztzo'n urei et-gediyyotayich al mishknot haroim lesusati berichvei faroh dimmitich rayati na'vu lechayayich battorim tzavva'reich bacharuzim torei zahav naaseh-lach im nekuddot hakkasef ad-shehammelech bimsibbo nirdi natan reicho tzeror hammor ׀ dodi li bein Shaddai yalin eshkol hakkofer ׀ dodi li becharmei ein gedi hinnach yafah rayati hinnach yafah einayich yonim hinncha yafeh dodi af naim af-arseinu raananah korot batteinu arazim רחיטנו rahiteinu berotim
1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. Your oils have a good fragrance; your name is like oil poured forth; therefore the maidens love you. Draw me after you, let us run! The king has brought me into his chambers; we will rejoice and be glad in you, we will recall your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. I am dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. Do not look upon me, that I am swarthy, for the sun has gazed upon me; my mother's sons were angry with me, they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept. Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you make it rest at noon; for why should I be like one veiled beside the flocks of your companions? If you do not know, O fairest among women, go forth in the footsteps of the flock, and graze your kids beside the shepherds' tents. To a mare among Pharaoh's chariots I have compared you, my beloved. Your cheeks are comely with strings of jewels, your neck with beads. We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver. While the king was at his table, my spikenard gave forth its fragrance. My beloved is to me a bundle of myrrh, that lies all night between my breasts. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En Gedi. Behold, you are fair, my love, behold, you are fair; your eyes are like doves. Behold, you are fair, my beloved, truly pleasant; our couch is verdant. The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are cypresses.
Understand
The first chapter opens the dialogue of love: the beloved expresses her longing for the one she loves, compares herself to the women of the royal court, and speaks of her own beauty despite being tanned by the sun. Her beloved answers by praising her grace, and the two voices intertwine in a song of mutual admiration, set against pastoral and royal imagery.
Chapter 1 : Video
