And your [a](A)mouth like the best wine!”

The Bride

“It (B)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.

The Union of Love

10 (C)I am my beloved’s,
And his (D)desire is for me.
11 Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the [b]country,
Let’s spend the night in the villages.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:9 Lit palate
  2. Song of Solomon 7:11 Lit field

    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(A)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]
10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire(B) is for me.(C)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
    let us spend the night in the villages.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
  2. Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes