^{1 Ref} As the chorus of `Mahanaim.' How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides `are' as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer.

^{2 Ref} Thy waist `is' a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies,

^{3 Ref} Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe,

^{4 Ref} Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

^{5 Ref} Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

^{6 Ref} How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.

^{7 Ref} This thy stature hath been like to a palm, And thy breasts to clusters.

^{8 Ref} I said, `Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,

^{9 Ref} And thy palate as the good wine --' Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged!

^{10 Ref} I `am' my beloved's, and on me `is' his desire.

^{11 Ref} Come, my beloved, we go forth to the field,

^{12 Ref} We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves;

^{13 Ref} The mandrakes have given fragrance, And at our openings all pleasant things, New, yea, old, my beloved, I laid up for thee!

^{1 Ref} How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

^{2 Ref} Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

^{3 Ref} Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

^{4 Ref} Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

^{5 Ref} Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

^{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 clusters of grapes.

^{8 Ref} I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

^{9 Ref} And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

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

^{11 Ref} Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

^{12 Ref} Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

^{13 Ref} The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.