Song of Solomon 8:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ Who is this coming from the desert,
    arm in arm with her lover?

Under the apple tree I woke you,
    in the place where you were born.
⁶ Close your heart to every love but mine;
    hold no one in your arms but me.
Love is as powerful as death;
    passion is as strong as death itself.
It bursts into flame
    and burns like a raging fire.
⁷ Water cannot put it out;
    no flood can drown it.
But if any tried to buy love with their wealth,
    contempt is all they would get.