¹⁰ I am my beloved’s,
    and his desire is for me.^(A)
11 Come, my beloved,
    let us go forth into the fields
    and lodge in the villages;
¹² let us go out early to the vineyards;
    let us see whether the vines have budded,
whether the grape blossoms have opened
    and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.^(B)
13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
    and over our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
    which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.^(C)

Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
    there she who bore you was in labor.^(A)

⁶ Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
    passion fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    a raging flame.^(B)
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If one offered for love
    all the wealth of one’s house,
    it^[a] would be utterly scorned.