The Song of Songs Sixth Encounter

[Choir] (Who is this coming up from the desert?) (Leaning upon her lover?) [Woman] Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother conceived you; there she who bore you conceived. [Woman] Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; For Love is strong as Death, longing is fierce as Sheol. Its arrows are arrows of fire, flames of the divine. [Woman] Deep waters cannot quench love, nor rivers sweep it away. Were one to offer all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly despised. [Woman] “We have a little sister; she has no breasts as yet. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for? If she is a wall, we will build upon her a silver turret; But if she is a door, we will board her up with cedar planks.” I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. I became in his eyes as one who brings peace. [Woman] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave over the vineyard to caretakers. For its fruit one would have to pay a thousand silver pieces. My vineyard is at my own disposal; the thousand pieces are for you, Solomon, and two hundred for the caretakers of its fruit. [Man] You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice— let me hear it! [Woman] Swiftly, my lover, be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices. [End] [Silence]