Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
Into the ahouse of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of bspiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
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
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
bJealousy as1 cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
1A most vehement flame.
Nor can the floods drown it.
aIf a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
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American Standard Version
His left hand `should be' under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
Amplified® Bible
[Then musingly she added] Oh, that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me!
Contemporary English Version
Put your left hand under my head and embrace me with your right arm.
Darby English Version
His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.
Good News Bible
Your left hand is under my head, and your right hand caresses me.
King James Version
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
New American Standard Bible
"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
New International Version
His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.
New King James Version
His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Let him place his left hand under my head And his right hand embrace me."
Revised Standard Version
O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
Young's Literal Translation
His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
New English Translation
His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.1
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