Song of Solomon 7
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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.1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.
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.2Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
3"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.3Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
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.4Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a 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.5Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
6"How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms!6How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights!
7"Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.7Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.
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,8I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples,
9And your mouth like the best wine!" "It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.9and your mouth like the best wine. She It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth.
10"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.
11"Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages.11Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and 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.12let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. 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.13The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
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