The Beloved’s Brothers:
8:8 We have a little sister,
and as yet she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for? 1
8:9 If she is a wall, 2
we will build on her a battlement 3 of silver;
but if she is a door,
we will barricade 4 her with boards 5 of cedar. 6