Study Desk

"^(F1)How beautiful are your feet in sandals, ^(F2)(C1)Prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

-"Your navel is like a round goblet That never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat, ^(F1)Surrounded with lilies.

-"Your ^(C1)two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.

-"Your ^(C1)neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in ^(C2)Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which looks toward Damascus.

-"Your head ^(F1)crowns you like ^(C1)Carmel, And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses.

-"How ^(C1)beautiful and how delightful you are, ^(F1)My love, with all your delights!

-"^(F1)Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters.

-"I said, 'I will climb the palm tree, I will grasp its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your ^(F1)breath like ^(C1)apples,

And your ^(F1)(C1)mouth like the best wine!" The Bride "It ^(C2)goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.

"^(C1)I am my beloved's, And his ^(C2)desire is for me.

-"Come, my beloved, let's go out to the ^(F1)country, Let's spend the night in the villages.

-"Let's rise early and go to the vineyards; Let's ^(C1)see whether the vine has grown And its buds have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

-"The ^(C1)mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all ^(C2)delicious fruits, New as well as old, Which I have saved for you, my beloved.

"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.

-"I would lead you and ^(C1)bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.

-"Let ^(C1)his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me."

"^(C1)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem: ^(F1)Do not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases."

"^(C1)Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved?" The Bride "Beneath the ^(C2)apple tree I awakened you; There your mother went into labor with you, There she was in labor and gave birth to you.

-"Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a ^(C1)seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, ^(F1)(C2)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flames are flames of fire, ^(F2)The flame of the LORD.

-"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers flood over it; ^(C1)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."

"We have a little sister, And she ^(C1)has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?

-"If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with ^(C1)planks of cedar."

"I was a wall, and ^(C1)my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

-"Solomon had a ^(C1)vineyard at Baal-hamon; He ^(C2)entrusted the vineyard to ^(C3)caretakers. Each one was to bring a ^(C4)thousand shekels of silver for its ^(C5)fruit.

-"My very own vineyard is ^(F1)at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."

"You who sit in the gardens: My ^(C1)companions are listening for your voice— ^(C2)Let me hear it!"

"^(F1)Hurry, my beloved, And be ^(C1)like a gazelle or a young ^(F2)stag On the ^(C2)mountains of balsam trees!"