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You are stately[a] as a palm tree,
    and your breasts are like its clusters.
I said, “I will climb the palm tree
    and lay hold of its branches.”
O may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
    and the scent of your breath like apples,(A)
and your kisses[b] like the best wine
    that goes down[c] smoothly,
    gliding over lips and teeth.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 7.7 Heb This your stature is
  2. 7.9 Heb palate
  3. 7.9 Heb to my lover
  4. 7.9 Gk Syr Vg: Heb lips of sleepers