who nursed from the breasts of my mother!

If I found you outside, I would kiss you;

yes, and no one would despise me.

who would instruct me.

I would have you drink spiced wine,

of the juice of my pomegranate.

His right hand would embrace me.

that you not stir up, nor awaken love,

until it so desires.

leaning on her beloved?

Under the apple tree I aroused you.

There your mother conceived you.

There she was in labor and bore you.

as a seal on your arm;

for love is strong as death.

Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.8:6 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

a very flame of Yahweh.8:6 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

neither can floods drown it.

If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,

he would be utterly scorned.

She has no breasts.

What shall we do for our sister

in the day when she is to be spoken for?

we will build on her a turret of silver.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

He leased out the vineyard to keepers.

Each was to bring a thousand shekels8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds. of silver for its fruit.

The thousand are for you, Solomon,

two hundred for those who tend its fruit.

let me hear your voice!

Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!