Song of Solomon 7

Contemporary English Version

7 You are a princess,
and your feet are graceful
    in their sandals.
Your thighs are works of art,
    each one a jewel;
² your navel is a wine glass
    filled to overflowing.
Your body is full and slender
like a bundle of wheat
    bound together by lilies.
³ Your breasts are like twins
    of a deer.
⁴ Your neck is like ivory,
    and your eyes sparkle
like the pools of Heshbon
    by the gate of Bath-Rabbim.
Your nose is beautiful
like Mount Lebanon
    above the city of Damascus.
⁵ Your head is held high
    like Mount Carmel;
your hair is so lovely
    it holds a king prisoner.^[a]

¹⁰ My darling, I am yours,
    and you desire me.
¹¹ Let's stroll through the fields
    and sleep in the villages.
¹² At dawn let's slip out and see
if grapevines and fruit trees
    are covered with blossoms.
When we are there,
    I will give you my love.
¹³ Perfume from the magic flower^[c]
    fills the air, my darling.
Right at our doorstep
I have stored up for you
    all kinds of tasty fruits.