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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If only you were to me like a brother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">who was nursed at my mother&#8217;s breasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">Then, if I found you outside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">I would kiss you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">and no one would despise me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I would lead you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">and bring you to my mother&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">she who has taught me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">I would give you spiced wine to drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">the nectar of my pomegranates.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His left arm is under my head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="content">and his right arm embraces me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who is this coming up from the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">leaning on her beloved?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">Under the apple tree I roused you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">there your mother conceived you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">there she who was in labor gave you birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Place me like a seal over your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">like a seal on your arm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">for love is as strong as death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">its jealousy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ardor</span></span></span><span class="content"> unyielding as the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">It burns like blazing fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">like a mighty flame.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fire, / like the very flame of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Many waters cannot quench love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">rivers cannot sweep it away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">If one were to give</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">all the wealth of one&#8217;s house for love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content"> would be utterly scorned.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We have a little sister,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">and her breasts are not yet grown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">What shall we do for our sister</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">on the day she is spoken for?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If she is a wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">we will build towers of silver on her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">If she is a door,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">we will enclose her with panels of cedar.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am a wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">and my breasts are like towers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">Thus I have become in his eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">like one bringing contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">he let out his vineyard to tenants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">Each was to bring for its fruit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">a thousand shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But my own vineyard is mine to give;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">and two hundred</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> are for those who tend its fruit.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who dwell in the gardens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">with friends in attendance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">let me hear your voice!</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Come away, my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">and be like a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">or like a young stag</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">on the spice-laden mountains.</span></span></div>
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