^{1 Ref} How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.

^{2 Ref} Thy body is `like' a round goblet, `Wherein' no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is `like' a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

^{3 Ref} Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.

^{4 Ref} Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes `as' the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

^{5 Ref} Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses `thereof'.

^{6 Ref} How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

^{7 Ref} This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.

^{8 Ref} I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

^{9 Ref} And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

^{10 Ref} I am my beloved's; And his desire is toward me.