The Beloved’s Brothers:
8:8 We have a little sister,
and as yet she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for? 1
8:9 If she is a wall, 2
we will build on her a battlement 3 of silver;
but if she is a door,
we will barricade 4 her with boards 5 of cedar. 6
The Beloved:
8:10 I was a wall,
and my breasts were like fortress towers. 7
Then I found favor 8 in his eyes. 9
The Beloved to Her Lover:
8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon;
he leased out 10 the vineyard to those who maintained it.
Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
8:12 My vineyard, 11 which belongs to me, 12 is at my disposal alone. 13
The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon,
and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.