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\sp The woman's lover speaking to her
\q
\v 1 How beautiful your feet appear in your sandals, princes daughter!
\q The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
\q the work of the hands of a master craftsman.
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\q
\v 2 Your navel is like a round bowl;
\q may it never lack mixed wine.
\q Your belly is like a mound of wheat
\q encircled with lilies.
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\q
\v 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
\q twins of a gazelle.
\q
\v 4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory;
\q your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
\q by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
\q Your nose is like the tower in Lebanon
\q that looks toward Damascus.
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\q
\v 5 Your head on you is like Carmel;
\q the hair on your head is dark purple.
\q The king is held captive by its tresses.
\q
\v 6 How beautiful and lovely you are,
\q beloved one, with your delights!
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\q
\v 7 Your height is like that of a date palm tree,
\q and your breasts like clusters of fruit.
\q
\v 8 I thought, "I want to climb that palm tree;
\q I will take hold of its branches."
\q May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
\q and may the fragrance of your nose be like apricots.
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\q
\v 9 May your mouth be like the best wine,
\q flowing smoothly to my beloved,
\q gliding over our lips and teeth.
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\sp The young woman speaking to her lover
\q
\v 10 I am my beloveds,
\q and he desires me.
\q
\v 11 Come, my beloved, let us go out into the countryside;
\q let us spend the night in the villages.
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\q
\v 12 Let us rise early to go to the vineyards;
\q let us see whether the vines have budded,
\q whether their blossoms have opened,
\q and whether the pomegranates are in flower.
\q There I will give you my love.
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\q
\v 13 The mandrakes give off their fragrance;
\q at the door where we are staying are all sorts of choice fruits, new and old,
\q that I have stored up for you, my beloved.