7:1 | THE BELOVED How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your thighs [are] like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman. |
7:2 | Your navel [is] a rounded goblet; It lacks no blended beverage. Your waist [is] a heap of wheat Set about with lilies. |
7:3 | Your two breasts [are] like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle. |
7:4 | Your neck [is] like an ivory tower, Your eyes [like] the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose [is] like the tower of Lebanon Which looks toward Damascus. |
7:5 | Your head [crowns] you like [Mount] Carmel, And the hair of your head [is] like purple; A king [is] held captive by [your] tresses. |
7:6 | How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! |
7:7 | This stature of yours is like a palm tree, And your breasts [like] its clusters. |
7:8 | I said, "I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches." Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine, The fragrance of your breath like apples, |
7:9 | And the roof of your mouth like the best wine. THE SHULAMITE [The wine] goes [down] smoothly for my beloved, Moving gently the lips of sleepers. |
7:10 | I [am] my beloved's, And his desire [is] toward me. |
7:11 | Come, my beloved, Let us go forth to the field; Let us lodge in the villages. |
7:12 | Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, [Whether] the grape blossoms are open, [And] the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. |
7:13 | The mandrakes give off a fragrance, And at our gates [are] pleasant [fruits], All manner, new and old, Which I have laid up for you, my beloved. |