| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And your mouth like the best wine!" "It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
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