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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愛情,大水不能熄滅,
江河不能淹沒。
若有人想傾其家財買愛情,
必遭唾棄。

女子的兄長:

我們有一個小妹,
她的胸脯還沒有發育。
若有人來提親,
我們該怎麼辦?
她若是牆,
我們要在上面建造銀塔;
她若是門,
我們要用香柏木板圍護她。

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Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it[a] would be utterly scorned.(A)

Friends

We have a little sister,
    and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister
    on the day she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
    we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
    we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 8:7 Or he

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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