1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,

O noble daughter!

Your rounded thighs are like jewels,

the work of a master hand.

2  Your navel is a rounded bowl

that never lacks mixed wine.

Your belly is a heap of wheat,

encircled with lilies.

3  ^tYour two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

4  ^uYour neck is like an ivory tower.

Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,

by the gate of Bath-rabbim.

Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,

which looks toward Damascus.

5  Your head crowns you like Carmel,

and your flowing locks are like purple;

a king is held captive in the tresses.

6  How beautiful and pleasant you are,

O loved one, with all your delights!¹

7  Your stature is like a palm tree,

and your breasts are like its clusters.

8  I say I will climb the palm tree

and lay hold of its fruit.

Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,

and the scent of your breath like apples,

9  and your ^vmouth² like the best wine.

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,

gliding over lips and teeth.³