1O that <05414> (8799) thou [wert] as my brother <0251>_, that sucked <03243> (8802) the breasts <07699> of my mother <0517>_! [when] I should find <04672> (8799) thee without <02351>_, I would kiss <05401> (8799) thee; yea, I should not be despised <0936> (8799)_. {I should not...: Heb. they should not despise me}
2I would lead <05090> (8799) thee, [and] bring <0935> (8686) thee into my mother's <0517> house <01004>_, [who] would instruct <03925> (8762) me: I would cause thee to drink <08248> (8686) of spiced <07544> wine <03196> of the juice <06071> of my pomegranate <07416>_.
3His left hand <08040> [should be] under my head <07218>_, and his right hand <03225> should embrace <02263> (8762) me.
4I charge <07650> (8689) you, O daughters <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>_, that ye stir not up <05782> (8686)_, nor awake <05782> (8787) [my] love <0160>_, until he please <02654> (8799)_. {that...: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc}
5Who [is] this that cometh up <05927> (8802) from the wilderness <04057>_, leaning <07514> (8693) upon her beloved <01730>_? I raised <05782> (8790) thee up under the apple tree <08598>_: there thy mother <0517> brought thee forth <02254> (8765)_: there she brought thee forth <02254> (8765) [that] bare <03205> (8804) thee.
6Set <07760> (8798) me as a seal <02368> upon thine heart <03820>_, as a seal <02368> upon thine arm <02220>_: for love <0160> [is] strong <05794> as death <04194>_; jealousy <07068> [is] cruel <07186> as the grave <07585>_: the coals <07565> thereof [are] coals <07565> of fire <0784>_, [which hath a] most vehement flame <07957>_. {cruel: Heb. hard}
7Many <07227> waters <04325> cannot <03201> (8799) quench <03518> (8763) love <0160>_, neither can the floods <05104> drown <07857> (8799) it: if [a] man <0376> would give <05414> (8799) all the substance <01952> of his house <01004> for love <0160>_, it would utterly <0936> (8800) be contemned <0936> (8799)_.
8We have a little <06996> sister <0269>_, and she hath no breasts <07699>_: what shall we do <06213> (8799) for our sister <0269> in the day <03117> when she shall be spoken for <01696> (8792)_?
9If she [be] a wall <02346>_, we will build <01129> (8799) upon her a palace <02918> of silver <03701>_: and if she [be] a door <01817>_, we will inclose <06696> (8799) her with boards <03871> of cedar <0730>_.
10I [am] a wall <02346>_, and my breasts <07699> like towers <04026>_: then was I in his eyes <05869> as one that found <04672> (8802) favour <07965>_. {favour: Heb. peace}
11Solomon <08010> had a vineyard <03754> at Baalhamon <01174>_; he let out <05414> (8804) the vineyard <03754> unto keepers <05201> (8802)_; every one <0376> for the fruit <06529> thereof was to bring <0935> (8686) a thousand <0505> [pieces] of silver <03701>_.
12My vineyard <03754>_, which [is] mine, [is] before <06440> me: thou, O Solomon <08010>_, [must have] a thousand <0505>_, and those that keep <05201> (8802) the fruit <06529> thereof two hundred <03967>_.
13Thou that dwellest <03427> (8802) in the gardens <01588>_, the companions <02270> hearken <07181> (8688) to thy voice <06963>_: cause me to hear <08085> (8685) [it].
14Make haste <01272> (8798)_, my beloved <01730>_, and be thou like <01819> (8798) to a roe <06643> or to a young <06082> hart <0354> upon the mountains <02022> of spices <01314>_. {Make...: Heb. Flee away}