4 Women of Jerusalem, promise me.Promise not to wake love.Don’t excite my feelings of loveuntil I’m ready.
5 Who is this coming out of the desert,leaning on her lover?I woke you under the apple tree.It was there that you were born.There your mother gave birth to you.
6 Put me like a seal on your heart,like a seal on your arm.Love is as strong as death.Desire is as strong as the grave.Love bursts into flames.It burns like a very hot fire.
7 Even much water cannot put out the flame of love.Floods cannot drown love.If a man offered everything in his house for love,people would totally reject it.
8 We have a little sister,and her breasts are not yet grown.What should we do for our sisteron the day she becomes engaged?
9 If she is a wall,we will put silver towers on her.If she is a door,we will protect her with cedar boards.
10 I am a wall,and my breasts are like towers.So I was to him,as one who brings happiness.