The Fifth Quest (Continued) - Love Sought & Found in the Country (7:12 - 8:4)
(b'. Woman Invites Man to Countryside -- 7:12 - 8:4)

Abishag (8:1-4)

¹ O that thou wert as my brother,
that sucked the breasts of my mother!
when I should find thee without,
I would kiss thee;
yea, I should not be despised.
² I would lead thee,
and bring thee into my mother's house,
who would instruct me:
I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine
of the juice of my pomegranate.
³ His left hand should be under my head,
and his right hand should embrace me.
⁴ I charge you,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
that ye stir not up,
nor awake [this] my love,
until [that] he please.

The Sixth Quest - Love Sought & Quest Continues in the City (8:5 - 8:14)
(a'. Mutual Love and Desire -- 8:5-14)

Chorus(8:5a)

⁵ Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,
leaning upon her beloved?

Abishag(8:5b-7)

I raised thee up [awakened] under the apple tree:
there thy mother brought thee forth:
there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
⁶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart,
as a seal upon thine arm:
for love is strong as death;
jealousy is cruel as the grave:
the coals thereof are coals of fire,
which hath a most vehement flame [a flame of Jehovah].
⁷ Many waters cannot [ not are able to quench {this}: ] love,
neither can the floods drown it:
if a man would give [this]
all the substance of his house for love,
it would be utterly contemned [despising they shall despise it].

Chorus(8:8-9)

⁸ We have a little sister,
and she hath no [nothing of] breasts:
what shall we do for our sister
in the day when she shall be spoken for?
⁹ If she be a wall,
we will build upon her a palace of silver:
and if she be a door,
we will inclose [around her] with boards of cedar.

Abishag(8:10-12)

¹⁰ I am a wall,
and my breasts like towers:
then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
¹¹ Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon;
he let out [this] the vineyard unto keepers;
every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
¹² My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:
thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand,
and those that keep [this] the fruit thereof two hundred.

Solomon(8:13)

¹³ Thou that dwellest in the gardens,
the companions hearken to thy voice:
cause me to hear it.

Abishag(8:14)

¹⁴ Make haste, my beloved,
and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart
upon the mountains of spices.