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[a]How beautiful are your sandaled feet,
    O queenly maiden.
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
    the work of a skilled craftsman.
Your navel is perfectly formed
    like a goblet filled with mixed wine.
Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat
    bordered with lilies.
Your breasts are like two fawns,
    twin fawns of a gazelle.
Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower.
Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon
    by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon
    overlooking Damascus.
Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel,
    and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty.
    The king is held captive by its tresses.
Oh, how beautiful you are!
    How pleasing, my love, how full of delights!
You are slender like a palm tree,
    and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.
I said, “I will climb the palm tree
    and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like grape clusters,
    and the fragrance of your breath like apples.
May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine—

Young Woman

Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover,
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[b]
10 I am my lover’s,
    and he claims me as his own.
11 Come, my love, let us go out to the fields
    and spend the night among the wildflowers.[c]
12 Let us get up early and go to the vineyards
    to see if the grapevines have budded,
if the blossoms have opened,
    and if the pomegranates have bloomed.
    There I will give you my love.
13 There the mandrakes give off their fragrance,
    and the finest fruits are at our door,
new delights as well as old,
    which I have saved for you, my lover.

Footnotes

  1. 7:1 Verses 7:1-13 are numbered 7:2-14 in Hebrew text.
  2. 7:9 As in Greek and Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads over lips of sleepers.
  3. 7:11 Or in the villages.

[a]How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
noble lady.[b]
The curves of your thighs are like ornaments,
    the work of a skilled artist’s hands.
Your navel is a rounded goblet
    that never lacks mixed wine.
Your abdomen is a bundle of wheat,
    enclosed by lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
    twins of a gazelle.
Your neck is like a tower of ivory.
    Your eyes are like the[c] pools in Heshbon,
        beside the gate of Beth-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
    which faces Damascus.
Your head crowns you[d] like Mount Carmel.
    Your flowing locks[e] are like purple,
        and a king could be captured in the dangling tresses.
How beautiful and lovely you are,
    you are love with its exquisite delights.[f]
Your stature[g] is like a palm tree,
    and your breasts are like clusters of fruit.[h]
I told myself, “I’ll go up the palm tree,
    and take hold of its fruit.
May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,[i]
    and the smell of your breath like apples.[j]
May your mouth[k] be like good wine.

The Loved One

May it go down smoothly to my beloved,
    gliding gently over the lips of the sleeping ones.
10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire is for me.

11 Come, my beloved.
    Let us go out to the country,
        let us spend the night in the villages.[l]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards,
    let us see whether the vine has budded,
whether the blossom has opened,
    whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
        There I’ll give you my love.
13 The mandrakes give off their[m] fragrance,
    and over our doors are all the choice fruits,
both old and new,
    that I’ve stored up for you, my beloved.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:1 This v. is 7:2 in MT
  2. Song of Solomon 7:1 Or prince’s daughter
  3. Song of Solomon 7:4 The Heb. lacks like the
  4. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. is on you
  5. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. the hair of your head
  6. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or my love with exquisite delights; Lit. Love with exquisite delights
  7. Song of Solomon 7:7 Lit. This stature of yours
  8. Song of Solomon 7:7 The Heb. lacks of fruit
  9. Song of Solomon 7:8 I.e. grapes
  10. Song of Solomon 7:8 Or apricots
  11. Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit. palate
  12. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or night among the henna blossoms
  13. Song of Solomon 7:13 The Heb. lacks their

[a]How beautiful your sandaled feet,
    O prince’s(A) daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
    the work of an artist’s hands.
Your navel is a rounded goblet
    that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
    encircled by lilies.
Your breasts(B) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle.
Your neck is like an ivory tower.(C)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(D)
    by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(E)
    looking toward Damascus.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(F)
    Your hair is like royal tapestry;
    the king is held captive by its tresses.
How beautiful(G) you are and how pleasing,
    my love, with your delights!(H)
Your stature is like that of the palm,
    and your breasts(I) 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,(J)
    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(K)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[b]
10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire(L) is for me.(M)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
    let us spend the night in the villages.[c]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(N)
    to see if the vines have budded,(O)
if their blossoms(P) have opened,
    and if the pomegranates(Q) are in bloom(R)
    there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(S) send out their fragrance,
    and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
    that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(T)

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.
  2. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
  3. Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes