Song of Solomon 8:6-8

Good News Translation

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.
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.

⁸ We have a young sister,
    and her breasts are still small.
What will we do for her
    when a young man comes courting?