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8 O that thou wert my brother,
That nursed at the breasts of my mother!
If I found thee without, I would kiss thee,
Nor fear the contempt of another.
2 To my mother’s house I would bring thee,
To the chamber of her that conceived me.
Spiced wine would I give thee to drink,
A draught of my pomegranate wine.
The Incomparable Power of Love
5 Who is this that comes up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
"’Neath the apple-tree yonder I woke thee,
Just there, where a babe thou wast swaddled–
Yes, there – by the mother that bore thee."
6 "Set me as seal on thy heart
Like the ring on thy hand.
For love is strong as death,
Its passion is fierce as the grave;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
Its flames are like the lightning.
7 No waters can quench it,
Nor floods overwhelm it.
If a man should give all in his house for it,
Utterly scorned would he be.
The Bride’s Proud Reply to her Brothers
8 "A sister have we, but she’s little–
No breasts hath she yet.
What then shall we do with our sister,
The day she is spoken for?
9 If she should prove a wall,
We will build her a turret of silver.
But if she should prove a door,
We will fence her with boards of cedar."
10 "I was a wall,
My breasts were the turrets;
And he, as he looked at me,
Won me my happiness."
The Two Vineyards
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon–
He let out the vineyard to keepers;
And each man brought in for the fruit thereof
One thousand shekels of silver.
12 I, too, have a vineyard, mine own:
I leave thee the thousand, O Solomon;
Yea, and two hundred besides
For the men who kept watch on the fruit thereof,
Conclusion
13 "O thou that hauntest the gardens,
My comrades are all attention:
Come, let us hear thy voice."
14 "Hasten, beloved,
And flee like the roe
Or the playful gazelle
On the mountains of spices."