and your (A)mouth[a] like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
    gliding over lips and teeth.[b]

10 (B)I am my beloved's,
    (C)and his desire is for me.

The Bride Gives Her Love

11 (D)Come, my beloved,
    let us go out into the fields
    and lodge in the villages;[c]
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
    (E)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (F)the grape blossoms have opened
    and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 (G)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
    and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(H)new as well as old,
    which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
  2. Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep
  3. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants

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