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Admiration by the Bridegroom
O 3Or nobleman’sAPs 45:13prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like 4Or ornamentsjewels,
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 ASong 4:5two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
4 “Your ASong 4:4neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in BNum 21:26Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
6 “How ASong 1:15, 16; 4:10beautiful and how delightful you are,
7 “1Lit This stature of yoursYour 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,
It BProv 23:31goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.
The Union of Love
10 “ASong 2:16; 6:3I am my beloved’s,
And his BPs 45:11; Gal 2:20desire is for me.
11 “Come, my beloved, let us go out into the 1Lit fieldcountry,
Let us spend the night in the villages.
12 “Let us rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let us ASong 6:11see 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 AGen 30:14mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all BSong 2:3; 4:13, 16; Matt 13:52choice fruits,
Both new and old,
Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.