“1 O that thou [wert] as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my
mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I
should not be despised. 2 I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my
mother’s house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of
spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand [should be]
under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4 I charge you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until
he please.”
“5 Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her
beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought
thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bare thee. 6 Set me as a
seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as
death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals
of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench
love, neither can the floods drown it: if [a] man would give all the
substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.”
“8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do
for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she [be] a
wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [be] a door,
we will inclose her with boards of cedar. 10 I [am] a wall, and my
breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. 11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto
keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand
[pieces] of silver. 12 My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me:
thou, O Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit
thereof two hundred.”
“13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy
voice: cause me to hear [it]. 14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou
like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.” (Song of
Solomon 8:1-14 AV)