Cantar de los cantares 8:5-7

5 Las jóvenes de Jerusalén
¿Quién es esa que viene majestuosamente desde el desierto
recostada sobre su amante?
La joven
Desperté tus deseos bajo el manzano,
donde tu madre te dio a luz,
donde con tanto dolor te trajo al mundo.

6 Ponme como un sello sobre tu corazón,
como un sello sobre tu brazo.
Pues el amor es tan fuerte como la muerte,
y sus celos, tan duraderos
como la tumba.
El amor destella como el fuego
con la llama más intensa.

7 Las muchas aguas no pueden apagar el amor,
ni los ríos pueden ahogarlo.
Si un hombre tratara de comprar amor
con toda su fortuna,
su oferta sería totalmente rechazada.

Cantar de los cantares 8:5-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8

This chapter begins with an ardent wish of the church for a free and intimate converse with Christ; declaring what she would do to him, and for him, should she have such an interview with him, So 8:1,2; what familiarity should be between them, So 8:3; charging the daughters of Jerusalem not to give him any disturbance, So 8:4. Upon which they inquire who she was that was in such a posture they saw her in, So 8:5; when the church, instead of giving them an answer, says some things concerning her beloved, on whom they saw her leaning; and makes some requests to him for more nearness to him, and manifestations of his love to her; urged from the strength her love and affections to him, which was invincible, So 8:6,7. Next follows a speech of the church about her little sister; expressing a concern for her, and what she would do to her and with her, So 8:8,9; and the answer of the little sister, declaring what she, was, and what she enjoyed, So 8:10; then the words of the church again, concerning her husband's vineyard; the place, keepers, and profit of it, So 8:11,12. And the chapter, and with it the Song, is concluded with a request of Christ to the church, that he might hear her voice, So 8:13; and with a petition of hers to him, that he would come quickly to her, So 8:14.