Dual Panel1The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how <05414> <04310> I wish you were my little brother <0251>, nursing <03243> at my mother’s <0517> breasts <07699>; if I saw <04672> you outside <02351>, I could kiss <05401> you– surely <01571> no <03808> one would despise <0936> me!
2I would lead <05090> you and bring <0935> you to <0413> my mother’s <0517> house <01004>, the one who taught <03925> me. I would give <08248> you spiced <07544> wine <03196> to drink <08248>, the nectar <06071> of my pomegranates <07416>.
3The Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand <08040> caresses <08478> my head <07218>, and his right hand <03225> stimulates <02263> me.
4The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish <07650> you, O maidens <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>: “Do not arouse <05782> or awaken <05782> love <0160> until <05704> it pleases <02654>!”
5The Maidens about His Beloved: Who <04310> is this <02063> coming up <05927> from <04480> the desert <04057>, leaning <07514> on <05921> her beloved? The Beloved <01730> to Her Lover: Under <08478> the apple tree <08598> I aroused <05782> you; there <08033> your mother <0517> conceived <02254> you, there <08033> she who bore you was in labor <02254> of childbirth <03205>.
6The Beloved to Her Lover: Set <07760> me like a cylinder seal <02368> over <05921> your heart <03820>, like a signet <02368> on <05921> your arm <02220>. For <03588> love <0160> is as strong <05794> as death <04194>, passion <07068> is as unrelenting <07186> as Sheol <07585>. Its flames burst forth <07565>, it is a blazing <0784> flame <07957>.
7Surging <07227> waters <04325> cannot <03201> <03808> quench <03518> love <0160>; floodwaters <05104> cannot <03808> overflow <07857> it. If <0518> someone <0376> were to offer <05414> all <03605> his possessions <01004> <01952> to buy love <0160>, the offer would be utterly <0936> despised <0936>.
8The Beloved’s Brothers: We have a little <06996> sister <0269>, and as yet she has no <0369> breasts <07699>. What <04100> shall we do <06213> for our sister <0269> on the day <03117> when she is spoken <01696> for?
9If <0518> she <01931> is a wall <02346>, we will build <01129> on <05921> her a battlement <02918> of silver <03701>; but if <0518> she <01931> is a door <01817>, we will barricade <06696> her with <05921> boards <03871> of cedar <0730>.
10The Beloved: I <0589> was a wall <02346>, and my breasts <07699> were <01961> like fortress towers <04026>. Then <0227> I found <04672> favor <07965> in his eyes <05869>.
11The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon <08010> had a vineyard <03754> at Baal-Hamon <01174>; he leased out <05414> the vineyard <03754> to those who maintained <05201> it. Each <0376> was to bring <0935> a thousand <0505> shekels of silver <03701> for its fruit <06529>.
12My vineyard <03754>, which belongs to me, is at <06440> my disposal <06440> alone. The thousand <0505> shekels belong to you, O Solomon <08010>, and two hundred <03967> shekels belong to those who maintain <05201> it for its fruit <06529>.
13The Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay <03427> in the gardens <01588>, my companions <02270> are listening <07181> attentively for your voice <06963>; let me be the one to hear <08085> it!
14The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste <01272>, my beloved <01730>! Be like <01819> a gazelle <06643> or <0176> a young <06082> stag <0354> on <05921> the mountains <02022> of spices <01314>.