Catholic Public Domain Version
"Chorus: Our sister is little and has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is called upon? "
— Song Of Solomon 8:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.”
“ If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar. ”
“If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved”
“If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.”
“If she be a wall: let us build upon it bulwarks of silver: if she be a door, let us join it together with boards of cedar.”
“If she is a wall, we will make on her a strong base of silver; and if she is a door, we will let her be shut up with cedar-wood.”
“If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.”
Groom to Bride: Under the apple tree, I awakened you. There your mother was corrupted. There she who bore you was violated.
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.