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I told myself, “I’ll go up the palm tree,
    and take hold of its fruit.
May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,[a]
    and the smell of your breath like apples.[b]
May your mouth[c] be like good wine.

The Loved One

May it go down smoothly to my beloved,
    gliding gently over the lips of the sleeping ones.
10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire is for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:8 I.e. grapes
  2. Song of Solomon 7:8 Or apricots
  3. Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit. palate

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