<vn='1'>O <sn="4310 5414">that</s> thou wast as my <sn="251">brother</s>, that <sn="3243">sucked</s> the <sn="7699">breasts</s> of my <sn="517">mother</s>! when I should <sn="4672">find</s> thee <sn="2351">without</s>, I would <sn="5401">kiss</s> thee; <sn="1571">yea</s>, I should <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="936">despised</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>I would <sn="5090">lead</s> thee, and <sn="935">bring</s> thee <sn="413">into</s> my <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, who would <sn="3925">instruct</s> me: I would cause thee to <sn="8248">drink</s> of <sn="7544">spiced</s><sn="4480 3196">wine</s> of the <sn="4480 6071">juice</s> of my <sn="7416">pomegranate</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>His left <sn="8040">hand</s> should be <sn="8478">under</s> my <sn="7218">head</s>, and his right <sn="3225">hand</s> should <sn="2263">embrace</s> me. </v>
<vn='4'>I <sn="7650">charge</s> you, O <sn="1323">daughters</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="4100">that</s> ye stir not <sn="5782">up</s>, <sn="4100">nor</s><sn="5782">awake</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="160">love</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="7945 2654">please</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="2063">this</s> that cometh <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, <sn="7514">leaning</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her <sn="1730">beloved</s>? I raised thee <sn="5782">up</s><sn="8478">under</s> the apple <sn="8598">tree</s>: <sn="8033">there</s> thy <sn="517">mother</s> brought thee <sn="2254">forth</s>: <sn="8033">there</s> she brought thee <sn="2254">forth</s> that <sn="3205">bore</s> thee. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="7760">Set</s> me as a <sn="2368">seal</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s>, as a <sn="2368">seal</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thine <sn="2220">arm</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="160">love</s> is <sn="5794">strong</s> as <sn="4194">death</s>; <sn="7068">jealousy</s> is <sn="7186">cruel</s> as the <sn="7585">grave</s>: the <sn="7565">coals</s> thereof are <sn="7565">coals</s> of <sn="784">fire</s>, which hath a most vehement <sn="7957">flame</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="7227">Many</s><sn="4325">waters</s><sn="3808 3201">cannot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3518">quench</s><sn="160">love</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> can the <sn="5104">floods</s><sn="7857">drown</s> it: <sn="518">if</s> a <sn="376">man</s> would <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1952">substance</s> of his <sn="1004">house</s> for <sn="160">love</s>, it would utterly be <sn="936 936">contemned</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>We have a <sn="6996">little</s><sn="269">sister</s>, and she hath <sn="369">no</s><sn="7699">breasts</s>: <sn="4100">what</s> shall we <sn="6213">do</s> for our <sn="269">sister</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> when she shall be spoken <sn="7945 1696">for</s>? </v>
<vn='9'><sn="518">If</s><sn="1931">she</s> be a <sn="2346">wall</s>, we will <sn="1129">build</s><sn="5921">upon</s> her a <sn="2918">palace</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>: and <sn="518">if</s><sn="1931">she</s> be a <sn="1817">door</s>, we will <sn="6696 5921">enclose</s> her with <sn="3871">boards</s> of <sn="730">cedar</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="589">I</s> am a <sn="2346">wall</s>, and my <sn="7699">breasts</s> like <sn="4026">towers</s>: <sn="227">then</s><sn="1961">was</s> I in his <sn="5869">eyes</s> as one that <sn="4672">found</s><sn="7965">favor</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1961">had</s> a <sn="3754">vineyard</s> at <sn="1174">Baal</s> -hamon; he let <sn="5414">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> unto <sn="5201">keepers</s>; every <sn="376">one</s> for the <sn="6529">fruit</s> thereof was to <sn="935">bring</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s> pieces of <sn="3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>My <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, which is <sn="7945">mine</s>, is <sn="6440">before</s> me: thou, O <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, must have a <sn="505">thousand</s>, and those that <sn="5201">keep</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> thereof two <sn="3967">hundred</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Thou that <sn="3427">dwellest</s> in the <sn="1588">gardens</s>, the <sn="2270">companions</s><sn="7181">hearken</s> to thy <sn="6963">voice</s>: cause me to <sn="8085">hear</s> it. </v>
<vn='14'>Make <sn="1272">haste</s>, my <sn="1730">beloved</s>, and be thou <sn="1819">like</s> to a <sn="6643">roe</s><sn="176">or</s> to a <sn="6082">young</s><sn="354">hart</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> of <sn="1314">spices</s>. </v>