Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
(A)If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.

The Shulamite’s Brothers

(B)We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.

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