Canticle of Canticles 8

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Ah, why are you not my brother, nursed at my mother's breast! Then if I met you out of doors, I couldkiss you without people thinking il of me.	1 Ah, why are you not my brother, nursed at my mother's breast! Then if I met you out of doors, I couldkiss you without people thinking il of me.
2 I should lead you, I should take you into my mother's house, and you would teach me! I should give youspiced wine to drink, juice of my pomegranates.	2 I should lead you, I should take you into my mother's house, and you would teach me! I should give youspiced wine to drink, juice of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head and his right embraces me.	3 His left arm is under my head and his right embraces me.
4 LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved, before shepleases!	4 LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved, before shepleases!
5 Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? I awakened you under the apple tree, whereyour mother conceived you, where she who bore you conceived you.	5 Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? I awakened you under the apple tree, whereyour mother conceived you, where she who bore you conceived you.
6 BELOVED: Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is strong as Death,passion as relentless as Sheol. The flash of it is a flash of fire, a flame of Yahweh himself.	6 BELOVED: Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is strong as Death,passion as relentless as Sheol. The flash of it is a flash of fire, a flame of Yahweh himself.
7 Love no flood can quench, no torrents drown. Were a man to offer all his family wealth to buy love,contempt is al that he would gain.	7 Love no flood can quench, no torrents drown. Were a man to offer all his family wealth to buy love,contempt is al that he would gain.
8 Our sister is little: her breasts are not yet formed. What shal we do for our sister on the day she isspoken for?	8 Our sister is little: her breasts are not yet formed. What shal we do for our sister on the day she isspoken for?
9 If she is a rampart, on the crest we shal build a battlement of silver; if she is a door, we shal board herup with planks of cedar.	9 If she is a rampart, on the crest we shal build a battlement of silver; if she is a door, we shal board herup with planks of cedar.
10 I am a wal , and my breasts represent its towers. And under their eyes I have found true peace.	10 I am a wal , and my breasts represent its towers. And under their eyes I have found true peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon. He entrusted it to overseers, and each one was to pay himthe value of its produce, a thousand shekels of silver.	11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon. He entrusted it to overseers, and each one was to pay himthe value of its produce, a thousand shekels of silver.
12 But I tend my own vineyard myself. You, Solomon, may have your thousand shekels, and those whooversee its produce their two hundred.	12 But I tend my own vineyard myself. You, Solomon, may have your thousand shekels, and those whooversee its produce their two hundred.
13 You who dwel in the gardens, my companions listen for your voice; let me hear it.	13 You who dwel in the gardens, my companions listen for your voice; let me hear it.
14 Haste away, my love, be like a gazel e, a young stag, on the spice-laden mountains.	14 Haste away, my love, be like a gazel e, a young stag, on the spice-laden mountains.