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Friends

13 Return, return, Shulammite!
    Return, return, that we may gaze at you.

Lover

Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite,
    as at the dance of Mahanaim?

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter!

    Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
    the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
Your body is like a round goblet,
    no mixed wine is wanting.
Your waist is like a heap of wheat,
    set about with lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
    that are twins of a roe.
Your neck is like an ivory tower.
    Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim.
    Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
Your head on you is like Carmel.
    The hair of your head like purple.
    The king is held captive in its tresses.
How beautiful and how pleasant you are,
    love, for delights!

The Young Women

13 [a]Return, return, Shulammite,
    return, return, so we may look at you!

The Lover

Why should you look at the Shulammite,[b]
    like you watch[c] the dance of the two camps?[d]

[e]How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
noble lady.[f]
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[g] pools in Heshbon,
        beside the gate of Beth-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
    which faces Damascus.
Your head crowns you[h] like Mount Carmel.
    Your flowing locks[i] 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.[j]

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:13 This v. is 7:1 in MT
  2. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or look at Shulamit
  3. Song of Solomon 6:13 The Heb. lacks you watch
  4. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or the dance of Mahanaim
  5. Song of Solomon 7:1 This v. is 7:2 in MT
  6. Song of Solomon 7:1 Or prince’s daughter
  7. Song of Solomon 7:4 The Heb. lacks like the
  8. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. is on you
  9. Song of Solomon 7:5 Lit. the hair of your head
  10. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or my love with exquisite delights; Lit. Love with exquisite delights