CANTICLE OF LOVE

My beloved is mine and I am his,

See, he pastures his flock among the flowers.

Let me see your face, let me hear your voice,

As I sit in the shade of your love.

My beloved comes leaping

O'er the mountains,

My beloved comes bounding o'er the hills.

Winter is over and the rains have gone,

Flowers have appeared upon the earth.

You are comely, my love, and beautiful,

You are fair and there is no flaw in you.

You have ravished my heart with

a glance of your eyes,

How much better your love than wine!

Let me be as a seal upon your arm,

Set me there as a seal upon your heart.

Though the waters should flood,

love can never be drowned,

How much stronger than death is love.