| Place me like a seal over your heart, | |
| like a seal on your arm; | |
| for love is as strong as death, | |
| its jealousy unyielding as the grave. | |
| It burns like blazing fire, | 5 |
| like a mighty flame. | |
| Many waters cannot quench love; | |
| rivers cannot wash it away. | |
| If one were to give | |
| all the wealth of his house for love, | 10 |
| it would be utterly scorned. |