2 I would lead you, I would bring youto my mother’s house;she would teach me what to do.I would give you spiced wine to drink,some of my fresh pomegranate juice.
3 His left arm is beneath my head,and his right embraces me!
4 Make a solemn pledge,daughters of Jerusalem,never to rouse, never to arouse loveuntil it desires.[Daughters of Jerusalem]
5 Who is this coming up from the wildernessleaning against her lover?[Woman]Under the apple tree I aroused you—there, where your mother labored with you,there where, laboring, she bore you.
6 Set me as a seal over your heart,as a seal upon your arm,for love is as strong as death,passionate love unrelenting as the grave.Its darts are darts of fire—divine flame!
7 Rushing waters can’t quench love;rivers can’t wash it away.If someone gaveall his estate in exchange for love,he would be laughed to utter shame.[The Woman’s Brothers]
8 Our sister is small;she has no breasts.What will we do for our sisteron the day that she is spoken for?