I am black and beautiful. My body is so fine.
Ev’ry place upon my skin bears marks of the divine.
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Come, behold me. King, enfold me in your tight embrace.
Brothers, still your anger for the sun has kissed my face.
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I have kept another’s vineyard, but my own have not.
Tell me, my beloved of the place you tend your flock.
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There, at noon, unveiled I’ll meet you, near where others lie.
Black and beautiful in pastures under fair blue sky.
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Photo: by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash
Source: Song of Solomon 1:5-7
Text: David Alexander, 2021 CC BY-SA
Tune: Salm Foreol, Public Domain
Score:
Audio:www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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Yes, Black is equally beautiful as whites. If anybody could want to read any other perspective to the topic, please feel free to read… https://neelkamal563149445.wordpress.com/2021/01/11/black-is-beautiful/
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You make a good point. All colors are beautiful. My rendition was an attempt to put some scripture (noted as the source in the material below the text) to a tune for singing. I hope that I did the original poet’s ideas justice.
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Yes, you really did justice to the original poet, by putting his/her rendition on the blog and let others to know and celebrate there beautiful work.
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