Song of Solomon 7:10–8:4
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.c
12 Let us go early to the vineyardsr
to see if the vines have budded,s
if their blossomst have opened,
and if the pomegranatesu are in bloomv—
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakesw send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.x
8 If only you were to me like a brother,
who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
and bring you to my mother’s housey—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.z
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.a