1
O that[H5414] thou wert as my brother[H251], that[H5414]sucked[H3243] the breasts[H7699] of my mother[H517]! when I should find[H4672] thee without[H2351], I would kiss[H5401] thee; yea, I should not be despised[H936].
2
I would lead[H5090] thee, and bring[H935] thee into my mother's house[H1004], who would instruct[H3925] me: I would cause thee to drink[H8248] of spiced[H7544]wine[H3196] of the juice[H6071] of my pomegranate[H7416].
3
His left hand[H8040] should be under my head[H7218], and his right hand[H3225] should embrace[H2263] me.
4
I charge[H7650] you, O daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389], that ye stir not up[H5782], nor awake[H5782] my love[H160], until he please[H2654].
5
Who is this that cometh up[H5927] from the wilderness[H4057], leaning[H7514] upon her beloved?[H1730] I raised[H5782] thee up[H5927] under the apple tree[H8598]: there thy mother[H517] brought thee forth[H2254]: there she brought thee forth[H2254] that bare[H3205] thee.
6Set[H7760] me as a seal[H2368] upon thine heart[H3820], as a seal[H2368] upon thine arm[H2220]: for love[H160] is strong[H5794] as death[H4194]; jealousy[H7068] is cruel[H7186] as the grave[H7585]: the coals[H7565] thereof are coals[H7565] of fire[H784], which hath a most vehement flame[H7957].
7Many[H7227]waters[H4325]cannot[H3201]quench[H3518]love[H160], neither can the floods[H5104]drown[H7857] it: if a man[H376] would give[H5414] all the substance[H1952] of his house[H1004] for love[H160], it would utterly[H936] be contemned[H936].
8
We have a little[H6996]sister[H269], and she hath no breasts[H7699]: what shall we do[H6213]for[H1696] our sister[H269] in the day[H3117] when she shall be spoken for?[H1696]
9
If she be a wall[H2346], we will build[H1129] upon her a palace[H2918] of silver[H3701]: and if she be a door[H1817], we will inclose[H6696] her with boards[H3871] of cedar[H730].
10
I am a wall[H2346], and my breasts[H7699] like towers[H4026]: then was I in his eyes[H5869] as one that found[H4672]favour[H7965].
11Solomon[H8010] had a vineyard[H3754] at Baalhamon[H1174]; he let out[H5414] the vineyard[H3754] unto keepers[H5201]; every one[H376] for the fruit[H6529] thereof was to bring[H935] a thousand[H505] pieces of silver[H3701].
12
My vineyard[H3754], which is mine, is before[H6440] me: thou, O Solomon[H8010], must have a thousand[H505], and those that keep[H5201] the fruit[H6529] thereof two hundred[H3967].
13
Thou that dwellest[H3427] in the gardens[H1588], the companions[H2270]hearken[H7181] to thy voice[H6963]: cause me to hear[H8085] it.
14
Make haste[H1272], my beloved[H1730], and be thou like[H1819] to a roe[H6643] or to a young[H6082]hart[H354] upon the mountains[H2022] of spices[H1314].