1 - If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2 - I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house - she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 - His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.
4 - Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
5 - ?Friends?
Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved?
?She?
Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
6 - Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy
7 - Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one's house for love, it
8 - ?Friends?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9 - If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
10 - ?She?
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
11 - Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels
12 - But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, and two hundred
13 - ?He?
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
14 - ?She?
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.