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 to Her Lover:
8:1 Oh, how I wish you were 7 my little brother, 8
nursing at my mother’s breasts;
if I saw 9 you outside, I could kiss you –
surely 10 no one would despise me! 11
3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
3:5 A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
3:6 A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; 12
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;