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Song of Solomon 7-8
Chapter 7
Admiration by the Groom
1 "(F1)How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
(F2)(C1)Prince's daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
2 "Your navel is like a round goblet
That never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat,
(F1)Surrounded with lilies.
3 "Your (C1)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
4 "Your (C1)neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in (C2)Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which looks toward Damascus.
5 "Your head (F1)crowns you like (C1)Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
6 "How (C1)beautiful and how delightful you are,
(F1)My love, with all your delights!
7 "(F1)Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
8 "I said, 'I will climb the palm tree,
I will grasp its fruit stalks.'
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your (F1)breath like (C1)apples,
9 And your (F1)(C1)mouth like the best wine!" The Bride "It (C2)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.
The Union of Love
10 "(C1)I am my beloved's,
And his (C2)desire is for me.
11 "Come, my beloved, let's go out to the (F1)country,
Let's spend the night in the villages.
12 "Let's rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let's (C1)see whether the vine has grown
And its buds have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
13 "The (C1)mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all (C2)delicious fruits,
New as well as old,
Which I have saved for you, my beloved.
Chapter 8
The Lovers Speak
1 "Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother's breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
2 "I would lead you and (C1)bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
3 "Let (C1)his left hand be under my head,
And his right hand embrace me."
The Groom
4 "(C1)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem:
(F1)Do not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases."
The Chorus
5 "(C1)Who is this coming up from the wilderness, The Bride "Beneath the (C2)apple tree I awakened you;
Leaning on her beloved?"
There your mother went into labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave birth to you.
6 "Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a (C1)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
(F1)(C2)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flames are flames of fire,
(F2)The flame of the LORD.
7 "Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers flood over it;
(C1)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised."
The Chorus
8 "We have a little sister,
And she (C1)has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
9 "If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with (C1)planks of cedar."
The Bride
10 "I was a wall, and (C1)my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
11 "Solomon had a (C1)vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He (C2)entrusted the vineyard to (C3)caretakers.
Each one was to bring a (C4)thousand shekels of silver for its (C5)fruit.
12 "My very own vineyard is (F1)at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."
The Groom
13 "You who sit in the gardens:
My (C1)companions are listening for your voice—
(C2)Let me hear it!"
The Bride
14 "(F1)Hurry, my beloved,
And be (C1)like a gazelle or a young (F2)stag
On the (C2)mountains of balsam trees!"
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