2. I would lead you, bringing you into my mother’s house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
3. His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
4. I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
5. Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
6. Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
7. Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.
8. We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?