Love

Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived you,
there she who as in labor gave you birth.
Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.
Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot was it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of their house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.

Song of Solomon 8:5-7