The Women
[8:5] Who is this coming from the desert, arm in arm with her lover?
The Woman
Under the apple tree I woke you, in the place where you were born.
[8:6] Close your heart to every love but mine; hold no one in your arms but me. Love is as powerful as death; passion is as strong as death itself. It bursts into flame and burns like a raging fire.
[8:7] Water cannot put it out; no flood can drown it. But if any tried to buy love with their wealth, contempt is all they would get.
The Woman's Brothers
[8:8] We have a young sister, and her breasts are still small. What will we do for her when a young man comes courting?
[8:9] If she is a wall, we will build her a silver tower. But if she is a gate, we will protect her with panels of cedar.
The Woman
[8:10] I am a wall, and my breasts are its towers. My lover knows that with him I find contentment and peace.
The Man
[8:11] Solomon has a vineyard in a place called Baal Hamon. There are farmers who rent it from him; each one pays a thousand silver coins.
[8:12] Solomon is welcome to his thousand coins, and the farmers to two hundred as their share; I have a vineyard of my own!
[8:13] Let me hear your voice from the garden, my love; my companions are waiting to hear you speak.
The Woman
[8:14] Come to me, my lover, like a gazelle, like a young stag on the mountains where spices grow.