Don't stare at me because I'm dark; the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the caretaker of the vineyards, but I didn't take care of my own vineyard.

I wish that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand were embracing me!

My beloved reached out his hand for the latch. My feelings for him were aroused.

If only you were like a brother to me, like one who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outside I would kiss you, and no one would view me with contempt.

Mighty bodies of water cannot extinguish love, rivers cannot put it out. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would surely be viewed with contempt.

I was a wall and my breasts were like towers. Then I became like one who finds peace in his eyes.