" 1How beautiful
are your 2feet
in sandals
, O 3 aprince's
daughter
! The curves
of your hips
are like
4jewels
, The work
of the hands
of an artist
.
"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 atwo breasts
are like two
fawns
, Twins
of a gazelle
.
"Your aneck is like a tower
of ivory
, Your eyes
like the pools
in bHeshbon
By the gate
of Bath-rabbim
; Your nose
is like the tower
of Lebanon
, Which faces
toward
Damascus
.
"Your head 1crowns
you like aCarmel
, And the flowing
locks
of your head
are like purple
threads
; The king
is captivated
by your tresses
.
"How abeautiful
and how
delightful
you are, 1My love
, with all your charms
!
" 1Your stature is like
a palm
tree
, And your breasts
are like its clusters
.
"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 1breath
like 2 aapples
,
And your 1 amouth like the best
wine
!"
" 2It bgoes down smoothly
for my beloved
, Flowing
gently
through the lips
of those who
fall
asleep
.
" aI am my beloved's, And his bdesire
is for me.
"Come, my beloved
, let us go
out into the 1country
, Let us spend
the night
in the villages
.
"Let us rise early
and go to the vineyards
; Let us asee
whether
the vine
has budded
And its blossoms
have opened
, And whether the pomegranates
have bloomed
. There
I will give
you my love
.
"The amandrakes have given
forth fragrance
; And over
our doors
are all
bchoice
fruits, Both new
and old
, Which I have saved
up for you, my beloved
.