¹“How beautiful are your feet in sandals,[#7:1 Ch 7:2 in Heb; #7:1 Lit footsteps]

O noble’s daughter!

The curves of your thighs are like ornaments,

The work of the hands of an artist.

²“Your navel is like a round basin

Which never lacks mixed wine;

Your belly is like a heap of wheat

Encircled with lilies.

³“Your two breasts are like two fawns,

Twins of a gazelle.

⁴“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,

Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon

By the gate of Bath-rabbim;

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,

Which faces toward Damascus.

⁵“Your head crowns you like Carmel,[#7:5 Lit is upon]

And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;

The king is captivated by your tresses.

⁶“How beautiful and how pleasant you are,

My love, with all your pleasures!

⁷“Your stature is like a palm tree,[#7:7 Lit This stature of yours]

And your breasts are like its clusters.

⁸“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;

I will seize its fruit stalks.’

Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,

And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

⁹And your mouth like the best wine!”[#7:9 Lit palate]

“I t goes down smoothly for my beloved,

Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

The Union of Love

¹⁰¶“I am my beloved’s,

And his desire is for me.

¹¹“Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields,[#7:11 Lit field]

Let us spend the night in the villages.

¹²“Let us rise early and go to the vineyards;

Let us see whether the vine has flourished

And its blossoms have opened,

And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.

There I will give you my love.

¹³“The mandrakes have given forth fragrance;

And over our doors are all choice fruits ,

Both new and old,

Which I have treasured up for you, my beloved.