5 Who is that coming up from the wilderness,

    leaning on her beloved?

Under the apple tree I awakened you.

There your mother was in labor with you;

    there she who bore you was in labor.

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,

    as a seal upon your arm,

for love is strong as death,

    jealousy is fierce as the grave.

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

    the very flame of the Lord.

7 Many waters cannot quench love,

    neither can floods drown it.

If a man offered for love

    all the wealth of his house,

    he would be utterly despised.