1 H ow beautiful are thy footsteps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded limbs are like jeweled chains, the work of a master hand.

2 T hy navel is a round goblet, wanteth not mixed wine; Thy belly a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;

Your body is like a round goblet in which no mixed wine is wanting. Your abdomen is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3 T hy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle;

Your two breasts are like two fawns, the twins of a gazelle.

4 T hy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;

Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

5 T hy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the locks of thy head like purple; The king is fettered by ringlets!

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive by its tresses.

6 H ow fair and how pleasant art thou, love, in delights!

How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

7 T his thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to grape clusters.

Your stature is like that of a palm tree, and your bosom like its clusters.

8 I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; And thy breasts shall indeed be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy nose like apples,

I resolve that I will climb the palm tree; I will grasp its branches. Let your breasts be like clusters of the grapevine, and the scent of your breath like apples,

9 A nd the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, … That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep.

And your kisses like the best wine— that goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved gliding over his lips while he sleeps!

10 I am my beloved's, And his desire is toward me.

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me!

11 — Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields; Let us lodge in the villages.

Come, my beloved! Let us go forth into the field, let us lodge in the villages.

12 W e will go up early to the vineyards, We will see if the vine hath budded, the blossom is opening, And the pomegranates are in bloom: There will I give thee my loves.

Let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened, and whether the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

13 T he mandrakes yield fragrance; And at our gates are all choice fruits, new and old: I have laid them up for thee, my beloved.

The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and over our doors are all manner of choice fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved!