The man speaks

Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect,

like [SIM] you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing?

7 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 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 Your breasts are as as beautiful as [SIM] two ◄fawns/young gazelles►.

4 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 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 You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me,

are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing.

7 You are stately like [SIM] a palm tree,

and your breasts are like [SIM] clusters/bunches of dates/fruit.

8 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 your kisses are like very good wine.