An acclaimed translation of the Bible’s celebrated collection of love poetry.

Striking in its appeal to the senses, the Song of Songs—the Bible’s only book of love poems—is remarkable for its lack of sexual stereotyping and its expression of mutuality in relationships between men and women. Marcia Falk’s rich and lyrical translation, praised by poets and scholars alike, is paired here with the original Hebrew text.

Marcia Falk is a widely published poet and translator of Hebrew and Yiddish poetry. Her most recent publications include a groundbreaking new prayer book, The Book of Blessings, and The Spectacular Difference, a volume of translations of the modern mystic poet Zelda.

“An exceptional poetic job.”
–Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Marcia Falk’s translation is a beautiful and sensual poem in its own right… one of the great classics of the art of translation.”
–Adrienne Rich