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Song of Songs 1:6

אַל־תִּרְא֙וּנִי֙ שֶׁאֲנִ֣י שְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶת שֶׁשְּׁזָפַ֖תְנִי הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ בְּנֵ֣י אִמִּ֗י נִֽחֲרוּ־בִי֙ שָׂמֻ֙נִי֙ נֹטֵרָ֣ה אֶת־הַכְּרָמִ֔ים כַּרְמִ֥י שֶׁלִּ֖י לֹ֥א נָטָֽרְתִּי׃
ʾal-tirʾvniy sheʾaniy shḥarḥoret sheshzapatniy hashamesh bney ʾimiy niḥarv-biy shamuniy noṭerah ʾet-hakramiym karmiy sheliy loʾ naṭartiy
King James Version (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.

Modern English

Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, but I have not kept my own vineyard.

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