Song of Solomon 7
Expressions of Praise
The Beloved
1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O princes daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman.2 Your navel is a rounded goblet; It lacks no blended beverage. Your waist is a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.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.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.6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!7 This stature of yours is like a palm tree, And your breasts like its clusters.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,9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine.
The ShulamiteThe wine goes down smoothly for my beloved, Moving gently the lips of sleepers.
10 I am my beloveds, And his desire is toward me.11 Come, my beloved, Let us go forth to the field; Let us lodge in the villages.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.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.
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!tShe 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.