New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 If only you were my own true brother
that sucked my mother's breasts!
Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and no man would despise me.
2 I would lead you to the room of the mother who bore me, note
bring you to her house for you to embrace me; note
I would give you mulled wine to drink
and the fresh juice of pomegranates,
3 your note left arm under my head and your note right arm round me.
Bridegroom
4 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem:
Do not rouse her, do not disturb my love
until she is ready. note
Companions
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness
leaning on her beloved?
Bridegroom
Under the apricot-trees I roused you,
there where your mother was in labour with you,
there where she who bore you was in labour.
6 Wear me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death,
passion cruel as the grave; note
it blazes up like blazing fire,
fiercer than any flame.
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Love songs
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
no flood can sweep it away;
if a man were to offer for love
the whole wealth of his house,
it would be utterly scorned.
Companions
8 We have a little sister
who has no breasts;
what shall we do for our sister
when she is asked in marriage?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build on it a silver parapet,
but note if she is a door,
we will close it up with planks of cedar.
Bride
10 I am a wall and my breasts are like towers;
so in his eyes I am as one who brings contentment.
11 Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he has let out his vineyard to guardians,
and each is to bring for its fruit
a thousand pieces of silver.
12 But my vineyard is mine to give;
the thousand pieces are yours, O Solomon,
and the guardians of the fruit shall have two hundred.
Bridegroom
13 My bride, you who sit in my garden,
what is it that my friends note are listening to?
Let me also hear your voice.
Bride
14 Come into the open, my beloved,
and show yourself like a gazelle or a young wild goat
on the spice-bearing mountains.
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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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