Translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts
A Seal Upon Your Heart
Language: English  after the Latin
Set me as a seal upon your heart; Close your heart to every love But mine. Set me as a seal upon your arms; Hold no one in your arms But me. For love is strong as death; And passion, Relentless as the grave. It bursts into flames, and burns As the raging fire. For many waters cannot quench love. Neither can the floods drown it. Set me, then, as a seal upon your heart; Close your heart to every love But mine. Set me as a seal upon your arms; Hold no one in your arms But me.
Note: from verses 6 and 7.
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 8
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A Seal Upon Your Heart", 1998 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from From the Song of Songs, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by William Walton.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 19
Word count: 99