Download free PDF The Song of Songs : A Revised Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Participants in the seminar will be encouraged to do original research in the primary sources (in English translation). B. The Subject. The Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon or as Canticles) is part of the Hebrew Bible. The book appears to be a collection of poetry on the theme of human love. Verse 1. - The song of songs, which is Solomon's. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of the book