1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate. (To the Daughters of Jerusalem)

3 H is left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.

4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases. Love Renewed in Lebanon A Relative

5 W ho is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There your mother brought you forth; There she who bore you brought you forth. The Shulamite to Her Beloved

6 S et me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame.

7 M any waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised. The Shulamite’s Brothers

8 W e have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for?

9 I f she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

If she is a wall, We will build upon her A battlement of silver; And if she is a door, We will enclose her With boards of cedar. The Shulamite

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.

11 S olomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins. (To Solomon)

12 M y vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon, may have a thousand, And those who tend its fruit two hundred. The Beloved

13 T hou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice— Let me hear it! The Shulamite

14 M ake haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.