American Standard Version of 1901
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How beautiful are thy {Or, steps}feet in sandals, O prince's daughter!Thy rounded thighs are like jewels,The work of the hands of a skilful workman.
Thy body is like a round goblet,Wherein no mingled wine is wanting:Thy waist is like a heap of wheatSet about with lilies.
Thy two breasts are like two fawnsThat are twins of a roe.
Thy neck is like the tower of ivory;Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon,By the gate of Bath-rabbim;Thy nose is like the tower of LebanonWhich looketh toward Damascus.
Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,And the hair of thy head like purple;The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.
How fair and how pleasant art thou,O love, for delights!
This thy stature is like to a palm-tree,And thy breasts to its clusters.
I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree,I will take hold of the branches thereof:Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine,And the smell of thy {Hebrew: nose.}breath like apples,
And thy {Hebrew: palate.}mouth like the best wine,That goeth down {Hebrew: aright.}smoothly for my beloved, {Or, Causing the lips of those that are asleep to move (or, speak)}Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.
I am my beloved's;And his desire is toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;Let us lodge in the villages.
Let us get up early to the vineyards;Let us see whether the vine hath budded,And {Or, the tender grape appeareth}its blossom is open,And the pomegranates are in flower:There will I give thee my love.
The mandrakes give forth fragrance;And {Or, over}at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old,Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.