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Bridegroom:

How beautiful you are and how charming,
    my beloved, my delight.
You are as stately as a palm tree,[a]
    and your breasts are like clusters of fruit.
    [b]I have decided to climb the palm tree
    and take hold of its fruit.
May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
    the scent of your breath as sweet as apples,

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:8 Palm tree: a tree known for its stateliness.
  2. Song of Songs 7:9 The bride’s beauty is an irresistible draw for her husband.