爱情,大水不能熄灭,
江河不能淹没。
若有人想倾其家财买爱情,
必遭唾弃。

女子的兄长:

我们有一个小妹,
她的胸脯还没有发育。
若有人来提亲,
我们该怎么办?
她若是墙,
我们要在上面建造银塔;
她若是门,
我们要用香柏木板围护她。

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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

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