5 Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. [1] 6 Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My ...

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 ...

Those in favor of the claim often use Song of Solomon 1:5, which begins, “I am black, but comely…” The passage continues with the likening of the black color to tents and curtains. Some have countered ...