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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
3.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. Explain This Verse
4.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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? Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
10.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. Explain This Verse
11.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
13.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. Explain This Verse
14.
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. Explain This Verse