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1 How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter!
Thy rounded thighs are like jewels,
The work of the hands of a skilful workman.
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2 Thy body is like a round goblet,
Wherein no mingled wine is wanting:
Thy waist is like a heap of wheat
Set about with lilies.
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Of wheat – True children of the Kingdom. C140
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3 Thy two breasts are like two fawns
That are twins of a roe.
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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.
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5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,
And the hair of thy head like purple;
The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.
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6 How fair and how pleasant art thou,
O love, for delights!
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7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree,
And thy breasts to its clusters.
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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,
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9 And thy mouth like the best wine,
That goeth down smoothly for my beloved,
Causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
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10 I am my beloved’s;
And his desire is toward me.
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11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;
Let us lodge in the villages.
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12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;
Let us see whether the vine hath budded, and its blossom is open,
And the pomegranates are in flower:
There will I give thee my love.
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The tender grape – Symbol of mature fruits of character, marked by tenderness. E206; R1317:5*
The pomegranates – Symbol of the fruitage of Christ's redemptive work. T30
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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. |
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