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7:1 |
"How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.
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7:2 |
"Your navel is [like] a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies.
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7:3 |
"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.
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7:4 |
"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.
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7:5 |
"Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; [The] king is captivated by [your] tresses.
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7:6 |
"How beautiful and how delightful you are, [My] love, with [all] your charms!
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7:7 |
"Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are [like its] clusters.
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7:8 |
"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 breath like apples,
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7:9 |
And your mouth like the best wine!" "It goes [down] smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently [through] the lips of those who fall asleep.
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7:10 |
"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.
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7:11 |
"Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages.
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7:12 |
"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.
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7:13 |
"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.
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