1 H ow 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.

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 like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an 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 young roes that are twins.

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

4 T hy 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.

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 hine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

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, O love, for 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 clusters of grapes.

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: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell 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 for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

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 C ome, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

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

12 L et 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.

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 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.

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!