• Admiration by the Groom

  • 1 “How beautiful are your feet in sandals, Prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
  • 2 “Your navel is like a round goblet That never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat, Surrounded with lilies.
  • 3 “Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.
  • 4 “Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which looks toward Damascus.
  • 5 “Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.
  • 6 “How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your delights!
  • 7 “Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.
  • 8 “I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree, I will grasp its fruit stalks.’ Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples,
  • 9 And your mouth like the best wine!” “It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.

  • The Union of Love

  • 10 “I am my beloved’s, And his desire is for me.
  • 11 “Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the country, Let’s spend the night in the villages.
  • 12 “Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards; Let’s see whether the vine has grown And its buds have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.
  • 13 “The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all delicious fruits, New as well as old, Which I have saved for you, my beloved.