Song of Songs

By chapter:

For a pdf of Song of Songs in Hebrew click below:
Song

General References

Sholom Aleichem, “Song of Songs,” Old Country Tales, p. 26-39
Carlo Carretto, Love is for Living, p. 46-49
Marcia Falk, The Song of Songs
Joy Harjo, “Song of Solomon,” Communion, p. 417-434
Geoffrey Hill, “The Pentecost Castle (2 & 3),” Tenebrae, p. 8
Daphne Merkin, “The Women in the Balcony,” Out of the Garden, p. 238-251
Christina Rossetti, “Passing Away,” The Enduring Legacy, p. 259
J. Barrie Shepherd, “Valentine’s Day,” The Moveable Feast, p. 30

“Valentine’s Day”

Dainty
Sainty Day
of scarlet hearts
and pretty posies
when everyone loves everyone
with candy or on cardboard
through the U.S. mails
I’m through with you
and heading back
to sexy Solomon, instead,
who knew full-blooded bodied joys
of breast and throat and thigh
and sang them cunningly
and wondrous warm
in praise of God
the Maker.

George Steward, “The Sharing”, The Enduring Legacy, p. 250

Song of Songs 1
Song of Songs 2
Song of Songs 3
Song of Songs 4
Song of Songs 5

David Rosenberg, A Poet’s Bible, p. 53 ff.

Song of Songs 6
Song of Songs 7
Song of Songs 8