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The Shulamite

  • “I am dark, daughters of Jerusalem, / And I am beautiful! / Dark as the tents of Kedar, lavish / As Solomon's tapestries. / Do not see me only as dark. The sun / has stared at me.”

    • The Shulamite,
    • Song of Songs ()

  • “I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine ...”

    • The Shulamite,
    • Song of Songs ()

  • “... jealousy is cruel as the grave.”

    • The Shulamite,
    • Song of Songs ()

The Shulamite, Hebrew poet

(3rd cent. BCE)