1 “ 7:1Ch7:2in Heb How beautiful are your 7:1Lit footsteps feet in sandals,O noble’s daughter!The curves of your thighs are like ornaments,The work of the hands of an artist.
2 “Your navel islikea round basinWhich never lacks mixed wine;Your belly is like a heap of wheatEncircled with lilies.
3 “Your two breasts are like two fawns,Twins of a gazelle.
4 “Your neck is like a tower of ivory,Your eyeslikethe pools in HeshbonBy the gate of Bath-rabbim;Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,Which faces toward Damascus.
5 “Your head 7:5 Lit is upon crowns you like Carmel,And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;Theking is captivated byyourtresses.
6 “How beautiful and how pleasant you are, 7:6Or With love among your delights Mylove, withallyour pleasures!
7 “ 7:7 Lit This stature of yours Your stature is like a palm tree,And your breasts arelike itsclusters.
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 7:8 Lit nose breath like 7:8 Or apricots apples,
9 And your 7:9Lit palate mouth like the best wine!”“ 7:9BRIDE It goesdownsmoothly for my beloved,Flowing gentlythroughthe 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 7:11 Lit field fields,Let us spend the night in the villages.
12 “Let us rise earlyand goto the vineyards;Let us see whether the vine has flourishedAnd itsblossoms have opened,And whetherthe pomegranates have bloomed.There I will give you my love.
13 “The mandrakes have given forth fragrance;And over our doors are all choicefruits,Both new and old,Which I have treasured up for you, my beloved.