The opening points to Solomon
The clearest place to start is the book’s first line. It introduces the work as the Song of Songs connected with Solomon (Song of Solomon 1:1). For that reason, Jewish and Christian tradition has commonly received Solomon as its author.
The phrase Song of Songs is a Hebrew way of describing something as supreme or greatest in its kind, much like the phrase King of kings. So the title presents this as an especially significant song, associated with Israel’s famous king and wise man.
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Solomon appears within the song
Solomon is not only named in the title. The woman in the song speaks of his royal setting, and later passages mention Solomon’s bed, carriage, vineyard, and wealth (Song of Solomon 1:5, Song of Solomon 3:7, Song of Solomon 3:9-10, Song of Solomon 8:11). These details fit the world of a king whose name was well known.
That does not mean every line is necessarily Solomon speaking. Song of Solomon moves between voices, including a woman, a man, and a group often called the daughters of Jerusalem. Still, Solomon is the person the book itself repeatedly brings into view.
Why Solomon makes sense
Solomon was David’s son, who ruled Israel after his father (1 Kings 2:12). God gave him remarkable wisdom, and Scripture says he composed many songs, not just one (1 Kings 4:32). That background makes the traditional attribution quite natural.
His name also carries weight in a book full of images from gardens, vineyards, animals, perfumes, palaces, and the beauty of the created world. Solomon had the resources and literary reputation that the song’s setting reflects. Yet the point is not to admire Solomon alone. The book invites readers to take love, commitment, desire, and delight seriously before God.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
A small note about the title
Some readers note that the opening wording says the song is Solomon’s, without giving a detailed sentence such as, “Solomon wrote this.” In ancient titles, that kind of wording can point to authorship or close association. So it is fair to say that Solomon is the traditional and most direct biblical attribution, while the text itself does not explain the writing process.
Whatever questions remain about its composition, Song of Solomon belongs in Scripture as poetry that treats love with tenderness and honesty. Read it slowly. Notice its joy, its mutual affection, and its repeated concern not to force love before its proper time (Song of Solomon 2:7).