| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1"How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist. | 1How 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 like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies. | 2Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. |
| 3"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle. | 3Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. |
| 4"Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus. | 4Your 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 the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses. | 5Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. |
| 6"How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms! | 6How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights! |
| 7"Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters. | 7Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. |
| 8"I said, 'I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples, | 8I 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, |
| 9And your mouth like the best wine!" "It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep. | 9and your mouth like the best wine. She It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. |
| 10"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me. | 10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. |
| 11"Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages. | 11Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; |
| 12"Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. | 12let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. |
| 13"The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved. | 13The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved. |
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