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Young woman,
your figure is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
I thought, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters on the vine.
May the fragrance of your breath be like apples.
May your mouth taste like the best wine …

[ BRIDE ]

… that goes down smoothly to my beloved
and glides over the lips of those about to sleep.[a]

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  1. 7:9 Or “flowing gently over lips and teeth.”

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