Song of Solomon 8
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1Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.1Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you--surely no one would despise me!
2I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.2I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.3His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.
4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.4"Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!"
5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There your mother brought you forth; There she who bore you brought you forth.5Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.
6Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame.6Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.
7Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised.7Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised.
8We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for?8We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall, We will build upon her A battlement of silver; And if she is a door, We will enclose her With boards of cedar.9If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.
10I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.10I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.
11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins.11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
12My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon, may have a thousand, And those who tend its fruit two hundred.12My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
13You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice— Let me hear it!13O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it!
14Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.14Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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