Song of Songs 7:9-8:4
New International Version
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She
May the wine go straight to my beloved,(A)
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[a]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire(B) is for me.(C)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[b]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(D)
to see if the vines have budded,(E)
if their blossoms(F) have opened,
and if the pomegranates(G) are in bloom(H)—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(I) send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(J)
8 If only you were to me like a brother,
who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
2 I would lead you
and bring you to my mother’s house(K)—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(L)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(M)
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
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