1:6 Do not stare at me because 1 I am dark,
for 2 the sun has burned my skin. 3
My brothers 4 were angry 5 with me;
they made me the keeper of the vineyards.
Alas, my own vineyard 6 I could not keep! 7
The Beloved to Her Lover:
1:7 Tell me, O you whom my heart 8 loves,
where do you pasture your sheep?
Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat?
Tell me lest 9 I wander around 10
beside the flocks of your companions!