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Lover:
BelWhy would you gaze on the Shulammite
BelBelas on the dance of Mahanaim?
BelHow beautiful your sandaled feet,
BelBelO prince's daughter!
BelYour graceful legs are like jewels,
BelBelthe work of a craftsman's hands.
BelYou navel is a rounded goblet
BelBelthat never lacks blended wine.
BelYour waist is a mound of wheat
BelBelencircled by lilies.
BelYour breasts are like two fawns,
BelBeltwins of a gazelle.
BelYour neck is like an ivory tower.
BelYour eyes are the pools of Heshbon
BelBelby the gate of Bath Rabbim.
BelYour nose is like the tower of Lebanon
BelBellooking toward Damascus.
BelYour head crowns you like Mount
BelBelBelCarmel.
BelBelYour hair is like royal tapestry;
BelBelthe king is held captive by its tresses.
BelHow beautiful you are and how
BelBelBelpleasing,
Bel[Bel/color]O love, with your delights!
BelYour stature is like that of the palm,
Bel[Bel/color]and your breasts like the clusters of fruit.
BelI said, "I will climb the palm tree;
Bel[Bel/color]I will take hold of its fruit."
BelMay your breasts be like the clusters of
Bel[BelBel/color]the vine,
BelBelthe fragrance of your breath like
BelBelapples,
BelBeland your mouth like the best wine.

Beloved:
BelMay the wine go straight to my lover,
BelBelflowing gently over lips and teeth.
BelI belong to my lover,
BelBeland his desire is for me.
BelCome, my lover, let us go to the
BelBelBelcountryside,
BelBellet us spend the night in the
BelBelBelvillages.
BelLet us go early to the vineyards
BelBelto see if the vines have budded,
Belif their blossoms have opened,
BelBeland if the pomegranates are in
BelBelBelbloom--
BelBelthere I will give you my love.
BelThe mandrakes send out their fragrance,
BelBeland at our door is every delicacy,
Belboth new and old,
BelBelthat I have stored up for you, my
BelBellover.