My analysis:
The book of Song of Songs was included in the bible because it pictures the love between Jesus and his bride the church. Jesus calls his church black. The colour black simply depicts how the church of Jesus is despised just like the Lord Jesus Christ was despised. It does not mean that only black people form the church. However, some racist bible translators hate calling the church black. They instead call the church dark. The term dark can mean dark brown, dark pink, dark green, dark yellow. This is a racist trick.Song of Solomon 1:5-6King James Version (KJV)
5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.6 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.
Song of Solomon 1:5-6 Catholic Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
5 Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept.
6 shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.
Song of Solomon 1:5-6International Children’s Bible (ICB)
5 I’m darkbut lovely,
women of Jerusalem.
I’m dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Don’t look at how dark I am,
at how dark the sun has made me.
My brothers were angry with me.
They made me tend the vineyards.
So I haven’t tended my own vineyard!
women of Jerusalem.
I’m dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Don’t look at how dark I am,
at how dark the sun has made me.
My brothers were angry with me.
They made me tend the vineyards.
So I haven’t tended my own vineyard!
Song of Songs 1:5-6New International Version (NIV)
5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.[a]
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.[a]
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me