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1 Who will give thee as a brother to me, sucking the breasts of my mother? I shall find thee without, I shall kiss thee; also they shall not despise me. 2 I will lead thee, I will bring thee to the house of my mother; thou wilt teach me: I will give thee to drink from spiced wine from the new wine of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand under my head, and his right shall embrace me. 4 I adjured you, O daughters of Jerusalem, why will ye awake, and why will ye rouse love till he shall desire? 5 Who this coming up from the desert, leaning herself upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused thee: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she bearing thee, brought forth. 6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love was strong as death; jealousy hard as hades: its flames, flames of fire, flames of Jehovah. 7 Many waters shall not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not overwhelm it: if a man shall give all the riches of his house for love, despising, they shall be despised for him. 8 A little sister to us, and no breasts to her: what shall we do for our sister in the day it shall be spoken for her? 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a fortress of silver: and if she is a door we will bind upon her a tablet of cedar. Song of Solomon 8:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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