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    Set me as a seal over your heart;
        wear me as an emblem on your arm
    For love is as strong as death,
        and jealousy is as relentless as the grave.
    Love flares up like a blazing fire, a very ardent flame.
    No amount of water can quench love;
        a raging flood cannot drown it out.
    If a person tried to exchange all of his wealth for love,
        then he would be surely rejected.

Young Women of Jerusalem: We have a little sister
        whose breasts have not yet developed.
    How shall we protect her
        until the time when she is spoken for?

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