1. If only you were my brother,one who nursed at my mother’s breasts.If I saw you on the street,I would kiss you, and no one would look down on me.
2. I would lead you.I would bring you into my mother’s house.(She is the one who was my teacher.)I would give you some spiced wine to drink,some juice squeezed from my pomegranates.
3. His left hand is under my head.His right hand caresses me.
4. Young women of Jerusalem, swear to methat you will not awaken loveor arouse love before its proper time!
5. Who is this young woman coming from the wildernesswith her arm around her beloved?Under the apple tree I woke you up.There your mother went into labor with you.There she went into laborand gave birth to you!
6. Wear me as a signet ring on your heart,as a ring on your hand.Love is as overpowering as death.Devotion is as unyielding as the grave.Love’s flames are flames of fire,flames that come from the Lord.