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7:1How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.
מַה־יָּפוּ פְעָמַיִךְ בַּנְּעָלִים בַּת־נָדִיב חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ כְּמֹו חֲלָאִים מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָמָּן׃ He. Sg.7.1-9
2Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
שָׁרְרֵךְ אַגַּן הַסַּהַר אַל־יֶחְסַר הַמָּזֶג בִּטְנֵךְ עֲרֵמַת חִטִּים סוּגָה בַּשֹּׁושַׁנִּים׃  
3Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
שְׁנֵי שָׁדַיִךְ כִּשְׁנֵי עֳפָרִים תָּאֳמֵי צְבִיָּה׃  
4Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rab'bim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus.
צַוָּארֵךְ כְּמִגְדַּל הַשֵּׁן עֵינַיִךְ בְּרֵכֹות בְּחֶשְׁבֹּון עַל־שַׁעַר בַּת־רַבִּים אַפֵּךְ כְּמִגְדַּל הַלְּבָנֹון צֹופֶה פְּנֵי דַמָּשֶׂק׃  
5Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.
רֹאשֵׁךְ עָלַיִךְ כַּכַּרְמֶל וְדַלַּת רֹאשֵׁךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָן מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר בָּרְהָטִים׃  
6How fair and pleasant you are,
O loved one, delectable maiden!
מַה־יָּפִית וּמַה־נָּעַמְתְּ אַהֲבָה בַּתַּעֲנוּגִים׃  
7You are stately as a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
זֹאת קֹומָתֵךְ דָּמְתָה לְתָמָר וְשָׁדַיִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֹות׃  
8I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branches.
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
אָמַרְתִּי אֶעֱלֶה בְתָמָר אֹחֲזָה בְּסַנְסִנָּיו וְיִהְיוּ־נָא שָׁדַיִךְ כְּאֶשְׁכְּלֹות הַגֶּפֶן וְרֵיחַ אַפֵּךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִים׃ 
9and your kisses like the best wine
that goes down smoothly,
gliding over lips and teeth.
וְחִךֵּךְ כְּיֵין הַטֹּוב הֹולֵךְ לְדֹודִי לְמֵישָׁרִים דֹּובֵב שִׂפְתֵי יְשֵׁנִים׃  
10I am my beloved's,
and his desire is for me.
אֲנִי לְדֹודִי וְעָלַי תְּשׁוּקָתֹו׃ ס She. Sg.7.10-8.4
11Come, my beloved,
let us go forth into the fields,
and lodge in the villages;
לְכָה דֹודִי נֵצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה נָלִינָה בַּכְּפָרִים׃  
12let us go out early to the vineyards,
and see whether the vines have budded,
whether the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
נַשְׁכִּימָה לַכְּרָמִים נִרְאֶה אִם פָּרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן פִּתַּח הַסְּמָדַר הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמֹּונִים שָׁם אֶתֵּן אֶת־דֹּדַי לָךְ׃  
13The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and over our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you,
O my beloved.
הַדּוּדָאִים נָתְנוּ־רֵיחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵינוּ כָּל־מְגָדִים חֲדָשִׁים גַּם־יְשָׁנִים דֹּודִי צָפַנְתִּי לָךְ׃  
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Notes: Documentary sources have been extracted from (1) "An Introduction to the Old Testament " by Oesterley & Robinson (1955 ed.), & (2) "Who Wrote the Bible" © Richard Friedman, 1987, Jonathan Cape Ltd.
© Paul Ingram 2006.
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