³ Like an apple^[a] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved^(A) among the young men.
I delight^(B) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(C)
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,^(D)
    and let his banner^(E) over me be love.
⁵ Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,^(F)
    for I am faint with love.^(G)
6 His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.^(H)
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(I)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(J)

⁵ Who is this coming up from the wilderness^(C)
    leaning on her beloved?

Under the apple tree I roused you;
    there your mother conceived^(D) you,
    there she who was in labor gave you birth.
⁶ Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love^(E) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy^[a](F) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.^[b]
7 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^[c] would be utterly scorned.^(G)