⁶ Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love^(A) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy^[a](B) 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^[a] would be utterly scorned.^(A)