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Song of Songs 7:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Song of Songs 7:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 You are as stately as a palm tree,[a]
and your breasts are like clusters of fruit.
9 [b]I have decided to climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.
May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
the scent of your breath as sweet as apples,
10 and your mouth like fragrant wine.
Come, My Beloved, I Will Give You My Love[c]
Bride:
[d]May the wine go straight to my beloved,
gliding over the lips and teeth.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:8 Palm tree: a tree known for its stateliness.
- Song of Songs 7:9 The bride’s beauty is an irresistible draw for her husband.
- Song of Songs 7:10 In her turn, the bride lets the cry of her heart come forth; she invites the bridegroom to a promenade in the exuberant countryside of the new spring. Everything reminds them of the joy of union. However, there is a bit of regret: how she would like to bear witness before everyone that she and her lover belong to one another, and how she would like to take him home to her mother for their marriage! The poem concludes with a refrain that evokes the bride asleep, filled with tenderness and love.
Again, the destiny of Israel seems to us to be very close to this adventure. Overwhelmed by God’s love, the people will one day respond perfectly to the invitations of the one who is their spouse. And for more than one mystic there is no better image for the spiritual encounter with God than the new joy of a betrothal. - Song of Songs 7:10 The bride offers the wine of her love to the bridegroom.
