Song of Solomon 8

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1. 1If only you were like a brother to me, one who nursed at my mother's breast! Then if I found you out in public, I could kiss you, and no one would look down on me for it.
2. 2I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.
3. 3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4. 4I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he desires.
5. 5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth, there she gave birth to you.
6. 6Place me as a seal upon your heart, like a seal on your arm. Love is as strong as death, and jealousy is as cruel as the grave. Its coals are coals of fire, with a most intense flame.
7. 7Many waters cannot quench love, nor can floods drown it. If a man were to offer all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
8. 8We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9. 9If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver; and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
10. 10I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Then, in his eyes, I was like one who found favor.
11. 11Solomon owned a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased it out to caretakers, and each one was to pay 1,000 shekels of silver for its fruit.
12. 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, may have a thousand, and those who tend its fruit two hundred.
13. 13You who linger in the gardens — your friends are listening. Let me hear your voice!
14. 14Hurry to me, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag bounding across the mountains of spices!