

Solomon to Shulammith:
7:1 How beautiful are your sandaled1
feet,
O noblemans daughter!2
The curves3
of your thighs4
are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a master-craftsman.
7:2 Your navel5
is a round mixing-bowl6
Which never lacks7
mixed wine.8
Your belly9
is a mound of wheat,
Encircled10
by lilies.
7:3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
7:4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory.11
Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-Rabbin.12
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Overlooking Damascus.
7:5 Your head crowns13
you like Mount Carmel.14
The locks of your hair15
are like royal tapestries16
The king is held captive17
in its tresses!
7:6 How beautiful you are! How lovely!
O love,18
with your delights!19
The Palm Tree and The Palm Tree Climber
Solomon to Shulammith:
7:7 Your stature20
is like a palm tree,21
And your breasts are like clusters of grapes.22
7:8 I want23
to climb the palm tree,24
And take hold of its fruit-stalks.
May your breasts be like the clusters of the vine,
And may the fragrance of your breath be like apricots!25
7:9 May your mouth26
be like the best wine,
Flowing smoothly for my beloved,
Gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.27
The Poetic Refrain
Shulammith:
7:10 I am my beloveds
And he desires me!28
The Journey to the Countryside
Shulammith to Solomon:
7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
Let us spend the night in the villages.
7:12 Let us rise early to go to the vineyards,
To see if the vines have budded;
To see if their blossoms have opened,
If the pomegranates are in bloom
There I will give you my love.
7:13 The mandrakes29
send out their fragrance;
Over our door is every delicacy30,
Both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.

