^1. «HOW beautiful are your [3] feet in sandals, O [2] prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like [1] jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

^2. «Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about 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 faces toward Damascus.

^5. «Your head [4] crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.

^6. «How beautiful and how delightful you are, [6] My love, with all your charms! 7« [5] 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 take hold of its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your [8] breath like [7] apples,

^9. And your [10] mouth like the best wine!» « [9] It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

^10. « I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.

^11. «Come, my beloved, let us go out into the [11] country, Let us spend the night in the villages.

^12. «Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms 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 choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.