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
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.