Quotes about Desire
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
— Song of Solomon 1:2
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
— Song of Solomon 1:4
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
— Song of Solomon 1:13
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
— Song of Solomon 2:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
— Song of Solomon 2:7
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
— Song of Solomon 2:17
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
— Song of Solomon 3:1
I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
— Song of Solomon 3:2
I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
— Song of Solomon 3:4
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
— Song of Solomon 3:5
You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
— Song of Solomon 4:9
My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
— Song of Solomon 5:4