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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.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:9 As in Greek and Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads over lips of sleepers.

[a]Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will seize its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your [b]breath like [c](A)apples,
And your [d](B)mouth like the best wine!”
[e]It (C)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:7 Lit This stature of yours
  2. Song of Songs 7:8 Lit nose
  3. Song of Songs 7:8 Or apricots
  4. Song of Songs 7:9 Lit palate
  5. Song of Songs 7:9 BRIDE