Translations
Modern
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Traditional
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Literal
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, grazing among the lilies.
Latin
Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, capreæ gemelli, qui pascuntur in liliis.
Original
Hebrew
English
Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Notes
Your breasts are like two fawns...grazing among the lilies: This means they are soft, firm, beautiful, and round.
The marriage is now complete.
This poem is the first "descriptive poem" in the book (see also Song of Solomon 5:10–16; 6:4–6; 7:2–8). Scholars often call these poems by the Arabic term wasf (meaning "description"). These poems are similar to songs sung at modern Arabic weddings. They are preludes to sexual intimacy. In describing physical beauty, they often start at the head and move downward.
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