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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Good News Translation

Song of Solomon 7

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1 What a magnificent young woman you are!
    How beautiful are your feet in sandals.
The curve of your thighs
    is like the work of an artist.
2 A bowl is there,
    that never runs out of spiced wine.
A sheaf of wheat is there,
    surrounded by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like twin deer,
    like two gazelles.
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory.
Your eyes are like the pools in the city of Heshbon,
    near the gate of that great city.
Your nose is as lovely as the tower of Lebanon
    that stands guard at Damascus.
5 Your head is held high like Mount Carmel.
Your braided hair shines like the finest satin;
    its beauty[a] could hold a king captive.

6 How pretty you are, how beautiful;
    how complete the delights of your love.
7 You are as graceful as a palm tree,
    and your breasts are clusters of dates.
8 I will climb the palm tree
    and pick its fruit.
To me your breasts are like bunches of grapes,
    your breath like the fragrance of apples,
9     and your mouth like the finest wine.

The Woman

Then let the wine flow straight to my lover,
    flowing over his lips and teeth.[b]
10 I belong to my lover, and he desires me.
11 Come, darling, let's go out to the countryside
    and spend the night in the villages.[c]
12 We will get up early and look at the vines
    to see whether they've started to grow,
    whether the blossoms are opening
    and the pomegranate trees are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 You can smell the scent of mandrakes,
    and all the pleasant fruits are near our door.
Darling, I have kept for you
    the old delights and the new.

 
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