Mar 10, 2024
Song of Solomon 7:11-8:14


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Outline:


The Shulamite

The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved,

Moving gently the lips of sleepers.[fn]

10 am my beloved’s,

And his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved,

Let us go forth to the field;

Let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards;

Let us see if the vine has budded,

Whether the grape blossoms are open,

And the pomegranates are in bloom.

There I will give you my love.

13 The mandrakes give off a fragrance,

And at our gates are pleasant fruits,

All manner, new and old,

Which I have laid up for you, my beloved.


Lovers Reunited at Their Country Home



Oh, that you were like my brother,


Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!


If I should find you outside,


I would kiss you;


I would not be despised.


I would lead you and bring you


Into the house of my mother,


She who used to instruct me.


I would cause you to drink of spiced wine,


Of the juice of my pomegranate.

(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)


His left hand is under my head,


And his right hand embraces me.


I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,


Do not stir up nor awaken love


Until it pleases.

Love Renewed in Lebanon

A Relative


Who is this coming up from the wilderness,


Leaning upon her beloved?



I awakened you under the apple tree.


There your mother brought you forth;


There she who bore you brought you forth.

The Shulamite to Her Beloved


Set me as a seal upon your heart,


As a seal upon your arm;


For love is as strong as death,


Jealousy as cruel as the grave;[fn]


Its flames are flames of fire,


A most vehement flame.[fn]



Many waters cannot quench love,


Nor can the floods drown it.


If a man would give for love


All the wealth of his house,


It would be utterly despised.


The Shulamites Brothers


We have a little sister,


And she has no breasts.


What shall we do for our sister


In the day when she is spoken for?


If she is a wall,


We will build upon her


A battlement of silver;


And if she is a door,


We will enclose her


With boards of cedar.

The Shulamite


10 am a wall,


And my breasts like towers;


Then I became in his eyes


As one who found peace.


11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;


He leased the vineyard to keepers;


Everyone was to bring for its fruit


A thousand silver coins.

(To Solomon)


12 My own vineyard is before me.


You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,


And those who tend its fruit two hundred.

The Beloved


13 You who dwell in the gardens,


The companions listen for your voice—


Let me hear it!

The Shulamite


14 Make haste, my beloved,


And be like a gazelle


Or a young stag


On the mountains of spices.

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