Study Desk

Y Who is this^(d) coming up from the wilderness, leaning on the one she loves? W I awakened you under the apricot tree.^(e) There your mother conceived you; there she conceived and gave you birth.

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm.^(f) For love is as strong as death;^(g) ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love's flames are fiery flames^(h)— the fiercest of all.^[c]

Mighty waters cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all his wealth^[d] for love,⁽ⁱ⁾ it would be utterly scorned.

B Our sister is young; she has no breasts.^(j) What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

If she is a wall, we will build a silver parapet on it. If she is a door, we will enclose it with cedar planks.^[e](k)

W I am^[f] a wall and my breasts like towers. So in his eyes I have become like one who finds peace.^[g]

Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.^(l) He leased the vineyard to tenants.^(m) Each was to bring for his fruit 1,000 pieces of silver.⁽ⁿ⁾

I have my own vineyard.^[h](o) The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, but 200 for those who guard its fruits.

M You^[i] who dwell in the gardens— companions^(p) are listening for your voice— let me hear you!^(q)

W Hurry to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.^(r)