1 O h, that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I should find you without, I would kiss you, yes, and none would despise me.

Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

2 I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink spiced wine and of the juice of my pomegranates.

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.

3 O h, that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me!

His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

5 W ho is this who comes up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother gave you birth, there she was in travail and bore you.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

6 S et me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame!

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

7 M any waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.

Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

8 W e have a little sister and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for in marriage?

We 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?

9 I f she is a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

10 I am a wall, and my breasts are like the towers of it. Then was I in eyes as one to find peace.

I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

11 S olomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; everyone was to bring him a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.

Solomon 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.

12 Y ou, O Solomon, can have your thousand, and those who tend the fruit of it two hundred; but my vineyard, which is mine, is before me!

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

13 O you who dwell in the gardens, your companions have been listening to your voice—now cause me to hear it.

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.

14 M ake haste, my beloved, and come quickly, like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices!

Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.