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Lovers Reunited at Their Country Home
Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
Longing for Her Beloved
Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
I would lead you and bring you
Into the house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
Into the house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
I would lead you and bring you
into the house of my mother —
she who used to teach me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
into the house of my mother —
she who used to teach me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
and his right hand embraces me!
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
A Relative
Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
Nor can the floods drown it.
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
The Shulamite’s Brothers
We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
Final Advice
Others
We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
Others
We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
The Shulamite
I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
He leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
He leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he let out the vineyard to keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
he let out the vineyard to keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
(To Solomon)
My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
The Beloved
You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice —
Let me hear it!
You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice —
Let me hear it!
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O you who dwell in the gardens,
with companions listening for your voice;
let me hear it.
O you who dwell in the gardens,
with companions listening for your voice;
let me hear it.