4. Make a solemn pledge,daughters of Jerusalem,never to rouse, never to arouse loveuntil it desires.[Daughters of Jerusalem]
5. Who is this coming up from the wildernessleaning against her lover?[Woman]Under the apple tree I aroused you—there, where your mother labored with you,there where, laboring, she bore you.
6. Set me as a seal over your heart,as a seal upon your arm,for love is as strong as death,passionate love unrelenting as the grave.Its darts are darts of fire—divine flame!
7. Rushing waters can’t quench love;rivers can’t wash it away.If someone gaveall his estate in exchange for love,he would be laughed to utter shame.[The Woman’s Brothers]
8. Our sister is small;she has no breasts.What will we do for our sisteron the day that she is spoken for?
9. If she is a city wall,then we will build a turret of silver on her.And if she is a door,then we will barricade her with a panel of cedar.[Woman]