1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

1 ¶ How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter!
The joints of thy thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a cunning workman.

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

2 ¶ Thy navel is like a round goblet,
Wherein no mingled wine is wanting:
Thy belly is like an heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

3 ¶ Thy two breasts are like two fawns
That are twins of a roe.

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

4 ¶ 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 Lebanon
Which looketh toward Damascus.

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

5 ¶ Thine head upon thee is like Carmel,
And the hair of thine head like purple;
The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

6 ¶ How fair and how pleasant art thou,
O love, for delights!

7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

7 ¶ This thy stature is like to a palm tree,
And thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

8 ¶ 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 breath like apples;

9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

9 ¶ And thy mouth like the best wine,
That goeth down smoothly for my beloved,
Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

10 ¶ I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

10 ¶ I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

11 ¶ Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;
Let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

12 ¶ Let us get up early to the vineyards;
Let us see whether the vine hath budded, and its blossom be open,
And the pomegranates be in flower:
There will I give thee my love.

13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

13 ¶ The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old,
Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.