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Song of Songs 7

1What will you see in the Shulamite, She who comes as the troops of armies?

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2Why are your feet beautiful in your sandals, O daughter of Nadab? The curves of your thighs are like small necklaces, The work of a skilled craftsman.

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3Your navel is like an elaborate bowl, Not lacking mixed wine. Your stomach is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

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4Your two breasts are like two fawns, The twins of a gazelle.

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5Your neck is like a tower of ivory, And your eyes are like pools in Heshbon By the gates of a daughter of many. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon Pointing towards Damascus.

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6Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the locks of your hair are like a purple garment. The king is held captive by your curls.

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7How beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, With your delights!

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8This greatness of yours is like the palm tree, And your breasts like a cluster of grapes.

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9I said, 'I will climb up the palm tree, And grasp hold of its high branches.' Indeed your breasts shall be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your nose like apples,

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10And your mouth like a good wine That goes down smoothly for my beloved, Fit for my lips and teeth.

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11I am my beloved's And his desire is towards me.

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12Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages;

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13Let us rise early in the morning in the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has flowered, If the blossoms have appeared, If the pomegranates have blossomed. There I will give you my breasts.

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14The mandrakes have put forth an aroma, And fruits of all kinds, new and old, Are at our doors. O my beloved, I have kept them for you.

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