Your stature is like a palm tree,
    and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree
    and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like (A)clusters of the vine,
    and the scent of your breath like apples,
and your (B)mouth[a] like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
    gliding over lips and teeth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
  2. Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep

You are stately[a] as a palm tree,
    and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree
    and lay hold of its branches.
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
    and the scent of your breath like apples,
and your kisses[b] like the best wine
    that goes down[c] smoothly,
    gliding over lips and teeth.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:7 Heb This your stature is
  2. Song of Solomon 7:9 Heb palate
  3. Song of Solomon 7:9 Heb down for my lover
  4. Song of Solomon 7:9 Gk Syr Vg: Heb lips of sleepers