1 “ How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.

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.

Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.

3 “ Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.

Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe.

4 “ Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus.

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

5 “ Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.

Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

6 “ How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms!

How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!

7 “ Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.

This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like its fruit.

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 breath like apples,

I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved

9 A nd your mouth like the best wine!” “ It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep. The Union of Love

Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

10 “ I am my beloved’s, And his desire is for me.

I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me.

11 “ Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages.

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

12 “ Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

13 “ The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.

The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.