Song of Solomon 7
1 what? be beautiful beat your in/on/with sandal daughter noble curve thigh your like ornament deed: work hand artisan
You who are the daughter of a prince/king, you have lovely feet in your sandals. Your curved hips/thighs are like [SIM] jewels that have been made by a (skilled craftsman/man who shapes jewels very well).
2 navel your vessel [the] roundness not to lack [the] mixture belly: abdomen your heap wheat to fence in/on/with lily
Your navel is [like] [MET] a round bowl that is always full of wine mixed [with spices]. Your waist is [like] [SIM] a mound/bundle of wheat with lilies [growing] around it.
3 two breast your like/as two fawn twin gazelle
Your breasts are as [as beautiful] as [SIM] two (fawns/young gazelles).
4 neck your like/as tower [the] tooth: ivory eye your pool in/on/with Heshbon upon gate Bath-rabbim Bath-rabbim face: nose your like/as tower [the] Lebanon to watch face: before Damascus
Your neck is like [SIM] a tower [made of] ivory. Your eyes [sparkle/shine like] [MET] the pools in Heshbon [city], near the Bath-Rabbim gate. Your nose is [is as lovely] as [SIM] the tower of Lebanon which faces toward Damascus.
5 head your upon you like/as Carmel and hair head your like/as purple king to bind in/on/with lock
Your head is [majestic] like [SIM] Carmel Mountain. Your long hair is shiny [SIM] and black; [it is as though] I, your king, am captured by your tresses.
6 what? be beautiful and what? be pleasant love in/on/with luxury
You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me, are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing.
7 this height your to resemble to/for palm and breast your to/for cluster
You are stately like [SIM] a palm tree, and your breasts are like [SIM] clusters/bunches of dates/fruit.
8 to say to ascend: rise in/on/with palm to grasp in/on/with fruit-stalk his and to be please breast your like/as cluster [the] vine (and aroma *L(b)*) face: nose your like/as apple
I said [to myself], “I will climb that palm tree and take hold of those clusters of dates.” To me, your breasts are like clusters of grapes [that I can feel] and your breath is like the sweet fragrance of apples
9 and palate your like/as wine [the] pleasant to go: went to/for beloved my to/for uprightness to glide lips sleeping
and your kisses are like very good wine. My kisses [MTY] go to the one who loves me and flow [like wine] over his lips and his teeth.
10 I to/for beloved my and upon me desire his
I belong to the man who loves me, and he desires me.
11 to go: come! [emph?] beloved my to come out: come [the] land: country to lodge in/on/with village
You who love me, let’s go to the countryside, and sleep among the henna bushes (OR, in one of the villages).
12 to rise to/for vineyard to see: see if to sprout [the] vine to open [the] blossom to bud [the] pomegranate there to give: give [obj] beloved: love my to/for you
And let’s go early to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded and if there are blossoms on them that have opened, and to see if the pomegranate [trees] are blooming, and there I will make love to you.
13 [the] mandrake to give: give aroma and upon entrance our all excellence new also old beloved my to treasure to/for you
The mandrakes/love-apples are producing a fragrant odor, and we are surrounded by delightful [pleasures] [MET, EUP], new ones and old ones, pleasures that I have been saving to give to you, who love me.
