O that thouwertas my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother!whenI should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
I would lead thee,andbring thee into my mother’s house,whowould instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
His left handshould beunder my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awakemylove, until he please.
Whoisthis that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forththatbare thee.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for loveisstrong as death; jealousyiscruel as the grave: the coals thereofarecoals of fire,which hath amost vehement flame.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: ifaman would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
If shebea wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if shebea door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Iama wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousandpiecesof silver.
My vineyard, whichismine,isbefore me: thou, O Solomon,must havea thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hearit.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.