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I would love to climb that tree
    and take hold of its branches.

May your breasts be like clusters of grapes
    and your fragrance[a] like apples.
May your mouth be like the best wine,
    flowing straight to my love,
    flowing gently to the sleeper’s lips.

She Speaks to Him

10 I belong to my lover,
    and he wants me.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:8 fragrance Literally, “breath of your nose.”

I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
    I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
    the fragrance of your breath like apples,(A)
    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(B)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]
10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire(C) is for me.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers