KJV ¹ O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

VULC ¹ [Quis mihi det te fratrem meum,
sugentem ubera matris meæ,
ut inveniam te foris, et deosculer te,
et jam me nemo despiciat ?

WLC ¹ מִ֤י יִתֶּנְךָ֙ כְּאָ֣ח לִ֔י יוֹנֵ֖ק שְׁדֵ֣י אִמִּ֑י אֶֽמְצָאֲךָ֤ בַחוּץ֙ אֶשָׁ֣קְךָ֔ גַּ֖ם לֹא־ יָב֥וּזוּ לִֽי׃

KJV ² I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

VULC ² Apprehendam te, et ducam in domum matris meæ :
ibi me docebis,
et dabo tibi poculum ex vino condito,
et mustum malorum granatorum meorum.

WLC ² אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל־ בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח מֵעֲסִ֖יס רִמֹּנִֽי׃

KJV ³ His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

VULC ³ Læva ejus sub capite meo,
et dextera illius amplexabitur me.

WLC ³ שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת רֹאשִׁ֔י וִֽימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃

KJV ⁴ I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

VULC ⁴ Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem,
ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam,
donec ipsa velit.

WLC ⁴ הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם מַה־ תָּעִ֧ירוּ ׀ וּֽמַה־ תְּעֹֽרְר֛וּ אֶת־ הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃

KJV ⁵ Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

VULC ⁵ Quæ est ista quæ ascendit de deserto, deliciis affluens,
innixa super dilectum suum ?
Sub arbore malo suscitavi te ;
ibi corrupta est mater tua,
ibi violata est genitrix tua.

WLC ⁵ מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־ הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר מִתְרַפֶּ֖קֶת עַל־ דּוֹדָ֑הּ תַּ֤חַת הַתַּפּ֙וּחַ֙ עֽוֹרַרְתִּ֔יךָ שָׁ֚מָּה חִבְּלַ֣תְךָ אִמֶּ֔ךָ שָׁ֖מָּה חִבְּלָ֥ה יְלָדַֽתְךָ׃

KJV ⁶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

VULC ⁶ Pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum,
ut signaculum super brachium tuum,
quia fortis est ut mors dilectio,
dura sicut infernus æmulatio :
lampades ejus lampades ignis atque flammarum.

WLC ⁶ שִׂימֵ֨נִי כַֽחוֹתָ֜ם עַל־ לִבֶּ֗ךָ כַּֽחוֹתָם֙ עַל־ זְרוֹעֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־ עַזָּ֤ה כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ אַהֲבָ֔ה קָשָׁ֥ה כִשְׁא֖וֹל קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה׃

KJV ⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

VULC ⁷ Aquæ multæ non potuerunt extinguere caritatem,
nec flumina obruent illam.
Si dederit homo omnem substantiam domus suæ pro dilectione,
quasi nihil despiciet eam.

WLC ⁷ מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְכַבּ֣וֹת אֶת־ הָֽאַהֲבָ֔ה וּנְהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ אִם־ יִתֵּ֨ן אִ֜ישׁ אֶת־ כָּל־ ה֤וֹן בֵּיתוֹ֙ בָּאַהֲבָ֔ה בּ֖וֹז יָב֥וּזוּ לֽוֹ׃

KJV ⁸ We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

VULC ⁸ Soror nostra parva,
et ubera non habet ;
quid faciemus sorori nostræ
in die quando alloquenda est ?

WLC ⁸ אָח֥וֹת לָ֙נוּ֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖יִם אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ מַֽה־ נַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ בַּיּ֖וֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־ בָּֽהּ׃

KJV ⁹ 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.

VULC ⁹ Si murus est,
ædificemus super eum propugnacula argentea ;
si ostium est, compingamus illud tabulis cedrinis.

WLC ⁹ אִם־ חוֹמָ֣ה הִ֔יא נִבְנֶ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ טִ֣ירַת כָּ֑סֶף וְאִם־ דֶּ֣לֶת הִ֔יא נָצ֥וּר עָלֶ֖יהָ ל֥וּחַ אָֽרֶז׃

KJV ¹⁰ I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

VULC ¹⁰ Ego murus, et ubera mea sicut turris,
ex quo facta sum coram eo, quasi pacem reperiens.

WLC ¹⁰ אֲנִ֣י חוֹמָ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖י כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת אָ֛ז הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינָ֖יו כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥ת שָׁלֽוֹם׃

KJV ¹¹ Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

VULC ¹¹ Vinea fuit pacifico in ea quæ habet populos :
tradidit eam custodibus ;
vir affert pro fructu ejus mille argenteos.

WLC ¹¹ כֶּ֣רֶם הָיָ֤ה לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙ בְּבַ֣עַל הָמ֔וֹן נָתַ֥ן אֶת־ הַכֶּ֖רֶם לַנֹּטְרִ֑ים אִ֛ישׁ יָבִ֥א בְּפִרְי֖וֹ אֶ֥לֶף כָּֽסֶף׃

KJV ¹² My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

VULC ¹² Vinea mea coram me est.
Mille tui pacifici,
et ducenti his qui custodiunt fructus ejus.

WLC ¹² כָּרְמִ֥י שֶׁלִּ֖י לְפָנָ֑י הָאֶ֤לֶף לְךָ֙ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וּמָאתַ֖יִם לְנֹטְרִ֥ים אֶת־ פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

KJV ¹³ Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

VULC ¹³ Quæ habitas in hortis, amici auscultant ;
fac me audire vocem tuam.

WLC ¹³ הַיוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת בַּגַּנִּ֗ים חֲבֵרִ֛ים מַקְשִׁיבִ֥ים לְקוֹלֵ֖ךְ הַשְׁמִיעִֽינִי׃

KJV ¹⁴ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

VULC ¹⁴ Fuge, dilecte mi, et assimilare capreæ,
hinnuloque cervorum super montes aromatum.]

WLC ¹⁴ בְּרַ֣ח ׀ דּוֹדִ֗י וּֽדְמֵה־ לְךָ֤ לִצְבִי֙ א֚וֹ לְעֹ֣פֶר הָֽאַיָּלִ֔ים עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י בְשָׂמִֽים׃