7:1 “ ①How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
②Prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
▷ ①Ch 7:2 in Heb ②Or Nobleman’s
7:2 Your navel is like a round goblet
That never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat,
①Surrounded with lilies.
▷ ①Lit Fenced around
7:3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
7:4 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 looks toward Damascus.
7:5 Your head ①crowns you like Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
▷ ①Lit is upon
7:6 How beautiful and how delightful you are,
①My love, with all your delights!
▷ ①Or With love among your charms
7:7 ①Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
▷ ①Lit This stature of yours
7:8 I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will grasp its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your ①breath like apples,
▷ ①Lit nose
7:9 And your ①mouth like the best wine!”
“It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.
▷ ①Lit palate
7:10 “I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is for me.
7:11 Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the ①country,
Let’s spend the night in the villages.
▷ ①Lit field
7:12 Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let’s see whether the vine has grown
And its buds have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
7:13 The mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all delicious fruits,
New as well as old,
Which I have saved for you, my beloved.