Sng 7:1
“[fn]How H4100 beautiful H3302 are H3302 your [fn]feet H6471 in sandals H5275,
O noble’s H5081 daughter H1323!
The curves H2542 of your thighs H3409 are like H3644 ornaments H2481,
The work H4639 of the hands H3027 of an artist H542.
Sng 7:2
“Your navel H8270 is like a round H5469 basin H101
Which never H408 lacks H2637 mixed H4197 wine H4197;
Your belly H990 is like a heap H6194 of wheat H2406
Encircled H5473 with lilies H7799.
Sng 7:3
“Your two H8147 breasts H7699 are like two H8147 fawns H6082,
Twins H8380 of a gazelle H6646.
Sng 7:4
“Your neck H6677 is like a tower H4026 of ivory H8127,
Your eyes H5869 like the pools H1295 in Heshbon H2809
By the gate H8179 of Bath-rabbim H1337;
Your nose H639 is like the tower H4026 of Lebanon H3844,
Which faces H6440 toward H6440 Damascus H1834.
Sng 7:5
“Your head H7218 [fn]crowns H5921 you like Carmel H3760,
And the flowing H1803 locks H1803 of your head H7218 are like purple H713 threads H713;
The king H4428 is captivated H631 by your tresses H7298.
Sng 7:6
“How H4100 beautiful H3302 and how H4100 pleasant H5276 you are H5276,
[fn]My love H160, with all your pleasures H8588!
Sng 7:7
“[fn]Your stature H6967 is H1819 like H1819 a palm H8558 tree H8558,
And your breasts H7699 are like its clusters H811.
Sng 7:8
“I said H559, ‘I will climb H5927 the palm H8558 tree H8558;
I will seize H270 its fruit H5577 stalks H5577.’
Oh H4994, may H4994 your breasts H7699 be like clusters H811 of the vine H1612,
And the fragrance H7381 of your [fn]breath H639 like [fn]apples H8598,
Sng 7:9
And your [fn]mouth H2441 like the best H2896 wine H3196!”
“[fn]It goes H1980 down smoothly H4339 for my beloved H1730,
Flowing H1680 gently H1680 through the lips H8193 of those who fall H3463 asleep H3463.
Sng 7:10
“I am my beloved’s H1730,
And his desire H8669 is for me.
Sng 7:11
“Come H1980, my beloved H1730, let us go H3318 out H3318 into the [fn]fields H7704,
Let us spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in the villages H3723.
Sng 7:12
“Let us rise H7925 early H7925 and go to the vineyards H3754;
Let us see H7200 whether H518 the vine H1612 has flourished H6524
And its blossoms H5563 have opened H6605,
And whether the pomegranates H7416 have bloomed H5340.
There H8033 I will give H5414 you my love H1730.
Sng 7:13
“The mandrakes H1736 have given H5414 forth fragrance H7381;
And over H5921 our doors H6607 are all H3605 choice H4022 fruits,
Both new H2319 and old H3465,
Which I have treasured H6845 up for you, my beloved H1730.
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