Catholic Public Domain Version
"If she is a wall, let us build a rampart of silver upon it. If she is a door, let us join it together with boards of cedar."
— Song Of Solomon 8:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.”
“ I am a wall, and my breasts like the towersthereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace. ”
“I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.”
“The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.”
“I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.”
“I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.”
“I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.”
Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm. For love is strong, like death, and envy is enduring, like hell: their lamps are made of fire and flames.
A multitude of waters cannot extinguish love, nor can a river overwhelm it. If a man were to give all the substance of his house in exchange for love, he would despise it as nothing.
Chorus: Our sister is little and has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is called upon?
If she is a wall, let us build a rampart of silver upon it. If she is a door, let us join it together with boards of cedar.
Bride to Chorus: I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers, since, in his presence, I have become like one who has discovered peace.
The peaceful one had a vineyard, in that which held the peoples. He handed it on to the caretakers; a man brought, in exchange for its fruit, a thousand pieces of silver.
Groom: My vineyard is before me. The thousand is for your peacefulness, and two hundred is for those who care for its fruit.