Admiration by the Bridegroom

1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

2Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.

3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads;
the king is captured in your tresses.

6How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

7Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.

8I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

9and your mouth ¹¹like the finest wine. The Bride
May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth. ¹²

10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

11Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside;
let us spend the night among the wildflowers. ¹³

12Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—
there I will give you my love.

13The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.