7 How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess! n o

The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,

the handiwork of a master.

2 Your navel is a rounded bowl;

it never lacks mixed wine.

Your waist p is a mound of wheat

surrounded by lilies.

3 Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle. q

4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory, r

your eyes like pools in Heshbon

by the gate of Bath-rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking toward Damascus.

5 Your head crowns you s like Mount Carmel,

the hair of your head like purple cloth—

a king could be held captive t in your tresses.

6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant, u

my love, with such delights!

7 Your stature is like a palm tree;

your breasts are clusters of fruit.

8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree

and take hold of its fruit.” v

May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,

and the fragrance of your breath like apricots. w

9 Your mouth x is like fine wine y—

W flowing smoothly for my love,

gliding past my lips and teeth! z

10 I belong to my love,

and his desire a is for me. b

11 Come, my love,

let’s go to the field;

let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms. c

12 Let’s go early to the vineyards;

let’s see if the vine has budded,

if the blossom has opened,

if the pomegranates are in bloom. d

There I will give you my love.

13 The mandrakes e give off a fragrance,

and at our doors is every delicacy—

new as well as old.

I have treasured them up for you, my love.