Song of Solomon 7

1 How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince’s daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.

2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.

3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.

4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.

5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.

6 How beautiful you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!

7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,

9 and your mouth like the best wine.
May the wine go straight to my beloved,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.

10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire is for me.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.

12 Let us go early to the vineyards
to see if the vines have budded,
if their blossoms have opened,
and if the pomegranates are in bloom—
there I will give you my love.

13 The mandrakes send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.

SONG OF SONGS 7

The Wedding Dance

He Speaks:

1 You are a princess,
and your feet are graceful
in their sandals.
Your thighs are works of art,
each one a jewel;

2 your navel is a wine glass
filled to overflowing.
Your body is full and slender
like a bundle of wheat
bound together by lilies.

3 Your breasts are like twins
of a deer.

4 Your neck is like ivory,
and your eyes sparkle
like the pools of Heshbon
by the gate of Bath-Rabbim.
Your nose is beautiful
like Mount Lebanon
above the city of Damascus.

5 Your head is held high
like Mount Carmel;
your hair is so lovely
it holds a king prisoner.t

6 You are very beautiful,
so desirable!

7 You are tall and slender
like a palm tree,
and your breasts are full.

8 I will climb that tree
and cling to its branches.
I will discover that your breasts
are clusters of grapes,
and that your breath
is the aroma of apples.

9 Kissing you is more delicious
than drinking the finest wine.
How wonderful and tasty!t

She Speaks:

10 My darling, I am yours,
and you desire me.

11 Let's stroll through the fields
and sleep in the villages.

12 At dawn let's slip out and see
if grapevines and fruit trees
are covered with blossoms.
When we are there,
I will give you my love.

13 Perfume from the magic flowert
fills the air, my darling.
Right at our doorstep
I have stored up for you
all kinds of tasty fruits.