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¹ I wish you were like my brother
    who fed at my mother's breasts.
If I found you outside,
    I would kiss you,
    and no one would look down on me.
² I would lead you and bring you
    to my mother's house;
    she is the one who taught me.
I would give you a drink of spiced wine
    from my pomegranates.

³ My lover's left hand is under my head,
    and his right arm holds me tight.
⁴ Women of Jerusalem,
    promise not to awaken
or excite my feelings of love
    until it is ready.

⁵ Who is this coming out of the desert,
    leaning on her lover?

I woke you under the apple tree
    where you were born;
    there your mother gave birth to you.
⁶ Put me like a seal on your heart,
    like a seal on your arm.
Love is as strong as death;
    jealousy is as strong as the grave.
Love bursts into flames
    and burns like a hot fire.
⁷ Even much water cannot put out the flame of love;
    floods cannot drown love.
If a man offered everything in his house for love,
    people would totally reject it.

⁸ We have a little sister,
    and her breasts are not yet grown.
What should we do for our sister
    on the day she becomes engaged?
⁹ If she is a wall,
    we will put silver towers on her.
If she is a door,
    we will protect her with cedar boards.

¹⁰ I am a wall,
    and my breasts are like towers.
So I was to him,
    as one who brings happiness.
¹¹ Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.
    He rented the vineyards for others to tend,
and everyone who rented had to pay
    twenty-five pounds of silver for the fruit.
¹² But my own vineyard is mine to give.
    Solomon, the twenty-five pounds of silver are for you,
    and five pounds are for those who tend the fruit.

¹³ You who live in the gardens,
    my friends are listening for your voice;
    let me hear it.

¹⁴ Hurry, my lover,
    be like a gazelle
or a young deer
    on the mountains where spices grow.