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Song of Solomon 7 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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like jewels,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the work of a master hand.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Your navel is a rounded bowl</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">that never lacks mixed wine.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Your belly is a heap of wheat,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">encircled with lilies.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Your two breasts are like two fawns,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">twins of a gazelle.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Your neck is like an ivory tower.</span><br /><span class="text">Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">by the gate of Bath-rabbim.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">overlooking Damascus.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Your head crowns you like Carmel,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and your flowing locks are like purple;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a king is held captive in the tresses.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19703a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>How fair and pleasant you are,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">O loved one, delectable maiden!<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19704b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>You are stately<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19705c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> as a palm tree,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and your breasts are like its clusters.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>I say I will climb the palm tree</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and lay hold of its branches.</span></span><br /><span class="text">O may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the scent of your breath like apples,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>and your kisses<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19707d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> like the best wine</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">that goes down<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19707e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> smoothly,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">gliding over lips and teeth.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19707f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>I am my beloved’s,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and his desire is for me.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Come, my beloved,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let us go forth into the fields,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and lodge in the villages;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>let us go out early to the vineyards,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and see whether the vines have budded,</span></span><br /><span class="text">whether the grape blossoms have opened</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and the pomegranates are in bloom.</span></span><br /><span class="text">There I will give you my love.</span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>The mandrakes give forth fragrance,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and over our doors are all choice fruits,</span></span><br /><span class="text">new as well as old,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.</span></span></p> </div><A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Song of Solomon 7:5">Song of Solomon 7:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Song of Solomon 7:6">Song of Solomon 7:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Syr: Heb <i>in delights</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Song of Solomon 7:7">Song of Solomon 7:7</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>This your stature is</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Song of Solomon 7:9">Song of Solomon 7:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>palate</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Song of Solomon 7:9">Song of Solomon 7:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>down for my lover</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Song of Solomon 7:9">Song of Solomon 7:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr Vg: Heb <i>lips of sleepers</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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