8 If only I could treat you like my brother,^[a]
one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,
I would find you in public and kiss you,
and no one would scorn me.
² I would lead you, I would take you,
to the house of my mother^(A) who taught me.^[b]
I would give you spiced wine to drink
from the juice of my pomegranate.