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:
8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon;
he leased out 8 the vineyard to those who maintained it.
Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
8:12 My vineyard, 9 which belongs to me, 10 is at my disposal alone. 11
The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon,
and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.