¹Quid videbis in Sulamite,Chorus to Groom:nisi choros castrorum? Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui in calceamentis, filia principis!What will you see in the Sulamitess,Juncturæ femorum tuorum sicut monilia quæ fabricata sunt manu artificis.other than choruses of encampments?

¹Quid videbis in Sulamite,Chorus to Groom:nisi choros castrorum? Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui in calceamentis, filia principis!What will you see in the Sulamitess,Juncturæ femorum tuorum sicut monilia quæ fabricata sunt manu artificis.other than choruses of encampments?

²Umbilicus tuus crater tornatilis,Chorus to Bride: How beautiful are your footsteps in shoes,numquam indigens poculis.O daughter of a ruler!Venter tuus sicut acervus tritici vallatus liliis.The joints of your thighs are like jewels, which have been fabricated by the hand of an artist.

²Umbilicus tuus crater tornatilis,Chorus to Bride: How beautiful are your footsteps in shoes,numquam indigens poculis.O daughter of a ruler!Venter tuus sicut acervus tritici vallatus liliis.The joints of your thighs are like jewels, which have been fabricated by the hand of an artist.

³Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli,Your navel is a round bowl, never lacking in curvature. Your abdomen is like a bundle of wheat,gemelli capreæ.surrounded with lilies.

³Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli,Your navel is a round bowl, never lacking in curvature. Your abdomen is like a bundle of wheat,gemelli capreæ.surrounded with lilies.

⁴Collum tuum sicut turris eburnea; oculi tui sicut piscinæ in Hesebon quæ sunt in porta filiæ multitudinis. Nasus tuus sicut turris Libani, quæ respicit contra Damascum.Your two breasts are like two young twin does.

⁴Collum tuum sicut turris eburnea; oculi tui sicut piscinæ in Hesebon quæ sunt in porta filiæ multitudinis. Nasus tuus sicut turris Libani, quæ respicit contra Damascum.Your two breasts are like two young twin does.

⁵Caput tuum ut Carmelus;Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish ponds at Heshbon,et comæ capitis tui sicut purpura regis vincta canalibus.which are at the entrance to the daughter of the multitude. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looks out toward Damascus.

⁵Caput tuum ut Carmelus;Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fish ponds at Heshbon,et comæ capitis tui sicut purpura regis vincta canalibus.which are at the entrance to the daughter of the multitude. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looks out toward Damascus.

⁶Quam pulchra es,Your head is like Carmel,et quam decora, carissima,and the hairs of your head are like the purple of the king,in deliciis!bound into pleats.

⁶Quam pulchra es,Your head is like Carmel,et quam decora, carissima,and the hairs of your head are like the purple of the king,in deliciis!bound into pleats.

⁷Statura tua assimilata est palmæ,Most beloved one, how beautiful you are,et ubera tua botris.and how graceful in delights!

⁷Statura tua assimilata est palmæ,Most beloved one, how beautiful you are,et ubera tua botris.and how graceful in delights!

⁸Dixi: Ascendam in palmam, et apprehendam fructus ejus;Your stature is comparable to the palm tree,et erunt ubera tua sicut botri vineæ, et odor oris tui sicut malorum.and your breasts to clusters of grapes.

⁸Dixi: Ascendam in palmam, et apprehendam fructus ejus;Your stature is comparable to the palm tree,et erunt ubera tua sicut botri vineæ, et odor oris tui sicut malorum.and your breasts to clusters of grapes.

⁹Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum,Groom: I said, I will ascend to the palm tree,dignum dilecto meo ad potandum,and take hold of its fruit. And your breasts will be like clusters of grapes on the vine.labiisque et dentibus illius ad ruminandum.And the fragrance of your mouth will be like apples.

⁹Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum,Groom: I said, I will ascend to the palm tree,dignum dilecto meo ad potandum,and take hold of its fruit. And your breasts will be like clusters of grapes on the vine.labiisque et dentibus illius ad ruminandum.And the fragrance of your mouth will be like apples.

¹⁰Ego dilecto meo,Bride: Your throat is like the finest wine:et ad me conversio ejus.wine worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and teeth to contemplate.

¹⁰Ego dilecto meo,Bride: Your throat is like the finest wine:et ad me conversio ejus.wine worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and teeth to contemplate.

¹¹Veni, dilecte mi,I am for my beloved,egrediamur in agrum, commoremur in villis.and his turning is to me.

¹¹Veni, dilecte mi,I am for my beloved,egrediamur in agrum, commoremur in villis.and his turning is to me.

¹²Mane surgamus ad vineas:Approach, my beloved.videamus si floruit vinea, si flores fructus parturiunt,Let us go out into the field;si floruerunt mala punica; ibi dabo tibi ubera mea.let us linger in the villages.

¹²Mane surgamus ad vineas:Approach, my beloved.videamus si floruit vinea, si flores fructus parturiunt,Let us go out into the field;si floruerunt mala punica; ibi dabo tibi ubera mea.let us linger in the villages.

¹³Mandragoræ dederunt odorem in portis nostris omnia poma: nova et vetera, dilecte mi, servavi tibi.Let us go up in the morning to the vineyards; let us see if the vineyard has flourished, if the flowers are ready to bear fruit, if the pomegranates have flourished. There I will give my breasts to you. The mandrakes yield their fragrance. At our gates is every fruit. The new and the old, my beloved, I have kept for you.

¹³Mandragoræ dederunt odorem in portis nostris omnia poma: nova et vetera, dilecte mi, servavi tibi.Let us go up in the morning to the vineyards; let us see if the vineyard has flourished, if the flowers are ready to bear fruit, if the pomegranates have flourished. There I will give my breasts to you. The mandrakes yield their fragrance. At our gates is every fruit. The new and the old, my beloved, I have kept for you.