Song 8:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts ! If I found you outside , I would kiss you, and none would despise me.

Song of Solomon 8:1-4

Longing for Her Beloved

1 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
2 I would lead you and ^abring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you ^bspiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
3 ^cHis left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I ^dadjure you, O ^edaughters of Jerusalem,
^fthat you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.