From the Vulgate:

pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum ut signaculum super brachium tuum quia fortis est
ut mors dilectio dura sicut inferus aemulatio lampades eius lampades ignis atque flammarum
aquae multae non poterunt extinguere caritatem nec flumina obruent illam si dederit homo
omnem substantiam domus suae pro dilectione quasi nihil despicient eum

Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm;
For stern as death is love,
relentless as the nether world is devotion;
its flames are a blazing fire.
Deep waters cannot quench love,
nor floods sweep it away.
Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love,
he would be roundly mocked.

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