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I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will seize its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your [a]breath like [b](A)apples,
And your [c](B)mouth like the best wine!”
[d]It (C)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

The Union of Love

10 (D)I am my beloved’s,
And his (E)desire is for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:8 Lit nose
  2. Song of Songs 7:8 Or apricots
  3. Song of Songs 7:9 Lit palate
  4. Song of Songs 7:9 BRIDE

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