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Longing for Her Beloved
Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
The Lovers Speak
“Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
“Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
I would lead you and bring you
into the house of my mother —
she who used to teach me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
into the house of my mother —
she who used to teach me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
“I would lead you and bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
and his right hand embraces me!
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
And his right hand embrace me.”
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
“I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not arouse or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”
Do not arouse or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”
Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning on her beloved?”
“Beneath the apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother was in labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
Leaning on her beloved?”
“Beneath the apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother was in labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
“Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
The very flame of the LORD.
Like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
The very flame of the LORD.
“Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers overflow it;
If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”
Nor will rivers overflow it;
If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”
Final Advice
Others
We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
Others
We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
“We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
And she has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
“If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”
“I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he let out the vineyard to keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
he let out the vineyard to keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.
Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.
Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
“My very own vineyard is at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”
He
O you who dwell in the gardens,
with companions listening for your voice;
let me hear it.
O you who dwell in the gardens,
with companions listening for your voice;
let me hear it.
“O you who sit in the gardens,
My companions are listening for your voice —
Let me hear it!”
My companions are listening for your voice —
Let me hear it!”