5  ^fWho is that coming up from the wilderness,

leaning on ^gher 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 ^has a seal upon your heart,

as a seal upon your arm,

for love is strong as death,

jealousy¹ is fierce as the grave.²

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,

he³ would be utterly despised.