7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
my princess! [ a ]
Your round hips are as beautiful as jewels
that a clever worker has made. [ b ]
2 Your navel is like a round bowl
that is always full of good wine. [ c ]
Your stomach is like a round heap of wheat
with lilies around the edge.
3 Your breasts are like two young gazelles
that are twins.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes shine like the pools in Heshbon
that are near the Bath Rabbim gate. [ d ]
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
that looks towards Damascus. [ e ]
5 Your head stands tall on you, like Mount Carmel. [ f ]
Your long hair hangs down like a royal cloth.
It is so beautiful that it can make the king its prisoner!
6 You are very beautiful, my dear friend,
and I love you.
You give a lot of pleasure to me.
7 You stand like a tall palm tree.
Your breasts are like bunches of fruit that hang from the tree. [ g ]
8 I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree.
I will take hold of its fruit.’
For me, your breasts are like bunches of grapes.
Your breath is like the sweet smell of apples.
9 For me, your mouth has the taste of the best wine.
May the wine pour out for my lover.
May it pour over his lips and his teeth.
10 I belong to my lover,
and he wants to be with me!
11 Come with me now, my lover!
Let us go and walk through the fields.
We can stay in the villages for the night.
12 We can get up early in the morning
and go to the vineyards.
We can see if the vines have started to make new leaves.
We can see if their flowers have opened.
We can see if the pomegranate trees have flowers.
When we are there
I will give my love to you.
13 The mandrake plants send out their sweet smell.
At our door, there are many good things to eat. [ h ]
I have stored many good things that are both old and new.
I have kept them all for you, my lover.
7 Princess, [ a ] your feet are beautiful in those sandals.
The curves of your thighs are like jewelry made by an artist.
2 Your navel is like a round cup [ b ] ;
may it never be without wine.
Your belly is like a pile of wheat
surrounded by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like twin fawns
of a young gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon
near the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
that looks toward Damascus.
5 Your head is like Carmel,
and the hair on your head is like silk.
Your long flowing hair
captures even a king.
6 You are so beautiful and so pleasant,
a lovely, delightful young woman!
7 You are tall—
as tall as a palm tree.
And your breasts are like
the clusters of fruit on that tree.
8 I would love to climb that tree
and take hold of its branches.
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes
and your fragrance [ c ] like apples.
9 May your mouth be like the best wine,
flowing straight to my love,
flowing gently to the sleeper’s lips.
10 I belong to my lover,
and he wants me.
11 Come, my lover,
let’s go out into the field;
let’s spend the night in the villages.
12 Let’s get up early and go to the vineyards.
Let’s see if the vines are in bloom.
Let’s see if the blossoms have opened
and if the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 Smell the mandrakes [ d ]
and all the pleasant flowers by our door.
I have saved many pleasant things for you, my lover,
pleasant things, new and old.
7 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
7 “ [ a ] How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
[ b ] ( A ) Prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
2 Your navel is like a round goblet
That never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat,
[ c ] Surrounded with lilies.
3 Your ( B ) two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
4 Your ( C ) neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in ( D ) Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which looks toward Damascus.
5 Your head [ d ] crowns you like ( E ) Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
6 How ( F ) beautiful and how delightful you are,
[ e ] My love, with all your delights!
7 [ f ] Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will grasp its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your [ g ] breath like ( G ) apples,
9 And your [ h ] ( H ) mouth like the best wine!”
“It ( I ) goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.
10 “ ( J ) I am my beloved’s,
And his ( K ) desire is for me.
11 Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the [ i ] country,
Let’s spend the night in the villages.
12 Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let’s ( L ) see whether the vine has grown
And its buds have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
13 The ( M ) mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all ( N ) delicious fruits ,
New as well as old,
Which I have saved for you, my beloved.
7 [ a ] How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince’s ( A ) 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 ( B ) are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. ( C )
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon ( D )
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon ( E )
looking toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. ( F )
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful ( G ) you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights! ( H )
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts ( I ) 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, ( J )
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
May the wine go straight to my beloved, ( K )
flowing gently over lips and teeth. [ b ]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire ( L ) is for me. ( M )
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages. [ c ]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards ( N )
to see if the vines have budded, ( O )
if their blossoms ( P ) have opened,
and if the pomegranates ( Q ) are in bloom ( R ) —
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes ( S ) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved. ( T )
