שיר השירים א:ו פירוש: רש״י וEzra ben Solomon

Do not look upon me. Do not look upon me disrespectfully, as in, “for they had gazed [disrespectfully] upon the Ark of Adonoy.”²³I Shmuel 6:19.

Do not stare at me: Do not despise me because I am swarthy, because the sun has gazed upon me, because I am situated amongst my children who are enslaved, at hard labor, performing all of their work in the field. My mother’s sons: The similitude refers to the holy spirit, from which all things are emanated; that is to say the remaining angelic princes appointed as custodians over each and every nation.

That I am so black. For my blackness²⁴שחרחרת is a combination of two words, שחר and חרת, the latter is the blackest of black. (Gra) and my ugliness are not from my mother’s womb, but from the sun’s tanning, for that blackness can easily be whitened by staying in the shade.