1 “ How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O daughter! Your legs are like stones of much worth, the work of an able workman.

“ 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.

2 Y our navel is like a beautiful glass full of wine. Your stomach is like gathered grain with lilies around it.

“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 Y our two breasts are like two young deer, the two young ones of a gazelle.

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

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

“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.

5 Y our head crowns you like Carmel. Your flowing hair is like strings of purple. The king is held by the beauty of your hair.

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

6 H ow beautiful and how pleasing you are, my love! How happy you make me!

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

7 Y ou stand like a palm tree. And your breasts are like its fruit.

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

8 I said, ‘I will go to the top of the palm tree. I will take hold of its branches.’ O, may your breasts be like the fruit of the vine, and the sweet smell of your breath like pleasing fruit.

“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,

9 A nd may your mouth be like the best wine.” The Woman “For my love, it is smooth going down, flowing through the lips while sleeping.

And 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

10 “ I am my love’s, and he wants me.

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

11 C ome, my love, let us go to the country. Let us spend the night in the villages.

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

12 L et us get up early and go to the grape-fields. Let us see if the buds are on the vines, and if its flowers have opened. Let us see if the pomegranates have flowers. There I will give you my love.

“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.

13 T he mandrakes have given out their sweet smell. And over our doors are all the best fruits, both new and old, which I have saved for you, my love.

“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.