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Song of Solomon 7:6-9

How beautiful and pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights! [1]
Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
and your mouth [2] like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth. [3]


Footnotes

[1] Or among delights
[2] Hebrew palate
[3] Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak

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