¹How graceful are your sandaled feet,

The smooth curves of your thighs—like fine jewelry,

²Your navel, cupped like the full moon—

Your belly is a mound of winnowed wheat

³Your two breasts are like two fawns,

⁴your neck, like a tower of ivory;

Your profile is like the tower of Lebanon,

⁵Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,

⁶You are so beautiful, so lovely—

⁷Your stately form resembles a date palm,

⁸I say, “I will climb the palm tree;

May your breasts be now

and the scent of your breath like apples!

¹⁰I belong to my lover,

The ripeness of love

¹¹Come, my love:

¹²Let’s set out early for the vineyards.

We will see if the vines have budded

see if the pomegranates have bloomed.

There I’ll give my loving to you.

¹³The mandrakes give off their scent,