Song of Solomon 2

She

¹I am a rose of Sharon,

a lily of the valleys.

He

²Like a lily among thorns

is my darling among the young women.

She

³Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest

is my beloved among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

⁴Let him lead me to the banquet hall,

and let his banner over me be love.

⁵Strengthen me with raisins,

refresh me with apples,

for I am faint with love.

⁶His left arm is under my head,

and his right arm embraces me.

⁷Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and by the does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

⁸Listen! My beloved!

Look! Here he comes,

leaping across the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

Look! There he stands behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved spoke and said to me,

“Arise, my darling,

my beautiful one, come with me.

¹¹See! The winter is past;

the rains are over and gone.

¹²Flowers appear on the earth;

the season of singing has come,

the cooing of doves

is heard in our land.

¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;

the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.

Arise, come, my darling;

my beautiful one, come with me.”

He

¹⁴My dove in the clefts of the rock,

in the hiding places on the mountainside,

show me your face,

let me hear your voice;

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is lovely.

¹⁵Catch for us the foxes,

the little foxes

that ruin the vineyards,

our vineyards that are in bloom.

She

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;

he browses among the lilies.

¹⁷Until the day breaks

and the shadows flee,

turn, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or like a young stag

on the rugged hills.