Song of Solomon 2

¹ I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

² Like a lily among brambles,
so is my darling among the young women.

³ Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my beloved among the young men.
In his shadow I delighted and sat down,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

⁴ He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me was love.

⁵ Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.

⁶ His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!

⁷ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the hinds of the field:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.

⁸ Listen! My beloved!
Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.

⁹ My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
There he stands behind our wall,
looking through the windows,
peering through the lattice.

¹⁰ My beloved speaks and says to me:
'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come away.

¹¹ For behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.

¹² The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.

¹³ The fig tree ripens its early figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come away.'

¹⁴ O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.

¹⁵ Catch us the foxes,
the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
for our vineyards are in blossom.

¹⁶ My beloved is mine and I am his;
he grazes among the lilies.

¹⁷ Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
or a young stag
upon cleft mountains.