你亭亭玉立如同棕榈树,
胸脯就像树上的果串。
我要攀上这棵树,
握住树上的果子。
愿你的胸脯像葡萄串,
你的气息如苹果般清香。
你的亲吻像上好的美酒。

女子:

愿美酒流入我良人的口中,
缓缓注入他陶醉的唇齿间。

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Your stature is like that of the palm,
    and your breasts(A) like clusters of fruit.
I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
    I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
    the fragrance of your breath like apples,(B)
    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(C)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers