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Your head crowns you like Carmel;[a][b]
    the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;[c]
        a king is held captive in the tresses!
How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
    O loved one in the delights!
Your stature[d] is like the palm tree,
    and your breasts are like clusters.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:5 Literally “Your head is on you like the Carmel”
  2. Song of Solomon 7:5 Because of its height and fertility, Mount Carmel is often associated with royalty
  3. Song of Solomon 7:5 Literally “the purple”
  4. Song of Solomon 7:7 Literally “this your height”