1'Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. [If] I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
1巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟；我在外頭遇見你就與你親嘴，誰也不輕看我。
2'I would lead you [and] bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
2我必引導你，領你進我母親的家；我可以領受教訓，也就使你喝石榴汁釀的香酒。
3'Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me.'
3他的左手必在我頭下；他的右手必將我抱住。
4'I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken [my] love Until she pleases.'
4耶路撒冷的眾女子啊，我囑咐你們：不要驚動、不要叫醒我所親愛的，等他自己情願（不要叫醒……情願：或譯不要激動愛情，等他自發）。
5'Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?' 'Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor [and] gave you birth.
5那靠著良人從曠野上來是誰呢？（新娘）我在蘋果樹下叫醒你。你母親在的那裡為你劬勞；生養你的在那裡為你劬勞。
6'Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The [very] flame of the LORD.
6求你將我放在你心上如印記，帶在你臂上如戳記。因為愛情如死之堅強，嫉恨如陰間之殘忍；所發的電光是火焰的電光，是耶和華的烈焰。
7'Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.'
7愛情，眾水不能息滅，大水也不能淹沒。若有人拿家中所有的財寶要換愛情，就全被藐視。（新娘的兄弟）
8'We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
8我們有一小妹；他的兩乳尚未長成，人來提親的日子，我們當為他怎樣辦理？
9'If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar.'
9他若是牆，我們要在其上建造銀塔；他若是門，我們要用香柏木板圍護他。（新娘）
10'I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
10我是牆；我兩乳像其上的樓。那時，我在他眼中像得平安的人。（新郎）
11'Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand [shekels] of silver for its fruit.
11所羅門在巴力哈們有一葡萄園；他將這葡萄園交給看守的人，為其中的果子必交一千舍客勒銀子。
12'My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand [shekels] are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.'
12我自己的葡萄園在我面前。所羅門哪，一千舍客勒歸你，二百舍客勒歸看守果子的人。
13'O you who sit in the gardens, [My] companions are listening for your voice-- Let me hear it!'
13你這住在園中的，同伴都要聽你的聲音，求你使我也得聽見。（新娘）
14'Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.'
14我的良人哪，求你快來！如羚羊或小鹿在香草山上。