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(Source: Theology)
| Dark I am, yet lovely as tents of Kedar, |
| As the pavilions of Solomon either. |
| Don't hate me because the sun has darkened me. |
| All my mother's sons were so angry with me. |
| They made me watch the vineyards; |
| My own things I did not guard. |
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| On my bed at night I sought whom my soul loves. |
| Oh, I sought, I sought, but I found him not. |
| So I ask U, daughters of Jerusalem, |
| Where is my love? Oh, tell me have U seen him? |
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| Majestic as Lebanon, stately as cedars, |
| His mouth so delicious, his fragrance so pleases. |
| Such is my beloved, such is my darling, |
| And if U see him, say my heart is pining. |
| For the kisses of his mouth and his flavours, |
| Oh, the king had brought me into his chambers. |
| Say I delight in his love; |
| Say he's the one my soul was. |
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| Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did, |
| Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid. |
| So when U do find him out, |
| Bring his to my mother's house |
| And into the chamber of her who conceived me, |
| Then will he know me and then will he see me. |
| Tell him that love isn't done, |
| Tell him don't leave me alone. |
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Notes
Based on the Old Testament book Song of Songs, a.k.a. Song of Solomon.
Dark I am, yet lovely as tents of Kedar:
(Song of Solomon 1.5, KJV) "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon."
either:
too
Don't hate me:
(Song of Solomon 1.6, KJV) "Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept."
All my mother's sons:
my brothers
On my bed at night:
(Song of Solomon 3.1, KJV) "By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not."
Majestic as Lebanon:
(Song of Solomon 5.15, KJV) "His legs are pillars of marble, set up sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars."
His mouth so delicious:
(Song of Solomon 5.16, KJV) "His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
Vast floods can't quench love:
(Song of Solomon 8.7, KJV) "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it..." C.f. also Sinéad's liner notes for "Lord Baker," where she also quotes this passage.
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