Cantares 8:5-7

Sexto Canto

El coro

5 ¿Quién es esta que sube por el desiertoapoyada sobre el hombro de su amado?

El amado

5 Bajo el manzano te desperté;allí te concibió tu madre,allí mismo te dio a luz.

La amada

6 Grábame como un sello sobre tu corazón;llévame como una marca sobre tu brazo.Fuerte es el amor, como la muerte,y tenaz la pasión, como el sepulcro.Como llama divinaes el fuego ardiente del amor.

7 Ni las muchas aguas pueden apagarlo,ni los ríos pueden extinguirlo.Si alguien ofreciera todas sus riquezasa cambio del amor,solo conseguiría el desprecio.

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.