Admiration by the Bridegroom

1 “1How beautiful are your 2feet in sandals,

O 3aprince’s daughter!

The curves of your hips are like 4jewels,

The work of the hands of an artist.

2 “Your navel is like a round goblet

Which never lacks mixed wine;

Your belly is like a heap of wheat

Fenced about with lilies.

3 “Your atwo breasts are like two fawns,

Twins of a gazelle.

4 “Your aneck is like a tower of ivory,

Your eyes like the pools in bHeshbon

By the gate of Bath-rabbim;

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,

Which faces toward Damascus.

5 “Your head 1crowns you like aCarmel,

And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;

The king is captivated by your tresses.

6 “How abeautiful and how delightful you are,

1My love, with all your charms!

7 “1Your stature is like a palm tree,

And your breasts are like its clusters.

8 “I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,

I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’

Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,

And the fragrance of your 1breath like 2aapples,

9 And your 1amouth like the best wine!”

“2It bgoes down smoothly for my beloved,

Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.