Song of Solomon 6:13–7:13

^13p Turn, turn,^q O Shulammite!^r

Turn, turn^s so that we may look upon you!

Why do you look upon the Shulammite

as at a dance of the two armies?

Solomon’s Praise of His Dancing Maiden

7How beautiful are your feet in sandals,

O royal princess!^a

The curves of your thighs^b are like jewels,^c

the work of the hands of a craftsman.

²Your navel is a round wine-mixing bowl^d

that does not lack mixed^e wine!

Your belly is a heap of wheat

encircled with lilies.

³Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

⁴Your neck is like a tower of ivory;

your eyes are pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking out over Damascus.^f

⁵Your head crowns you like Carmel;^gh

the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;ⁱ

a king is held captive in the tresses!

⁶How beautiful you are and how pleasant,

O loved one in the delights!

⁷Your stature^j is like the palm tree,

and your breasts are like clusters.

⁸I say, “I will climb up the palm tree;

I will lay hold of its fruit clusters.”

Let your breasts be pleasing like clusters of the vine

and the scent of your breath like the apples.

⁹Your palate is like the best wine that goes down for my beloved,

smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.^k

Mutual Possession Refrain

¹⁰I belong to my beloved,^l

and he desires me!^m

Rendezvous in the Countryside

¹¹Come, my beloved, let us go out to the countryside;ⁿ

let us spend the night^o in the villages.

¹²Let us rise early to go^p to the vineyards;

let us see whether the vine has budded,^q

whether the grape blossom has opened,

and whether the pomegranates are in bloom;^r

there I will give my love to you.

¹³The mandrakes give off their fragrance,

and over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit;^s

both fresh and dried fruit I have stored up^t for you, O my beloved.