Song of Solomon 2

¹I am a rose of Sharon,

a lily of the valleys.

²As a lily amongst thorns,

so is my love amongst the daughters.

³As the apple tree amongst the trees of the wood,

so is my beloved amongst the sons.

I sat down under his shadow with great delight,

his fruit was sweet to my taste.

⁴He brought me to the banquet hall.

His banner over me is love.

⁵Strengthen me with raisins,

refresh me with apples;

for I am faint with love.

⁶His left hand is under my head.

His right hand embraces me.

⁷I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,

by the roes, or by the hinds of the field,

that you not stir up, nor awaken love,

until it so desires.

⁸The voice of my beloved!

Behold, he comes,

leaping on the mountains,

skipping on the hills.

⁹My beloved is like a roe or a young deer.

Behold, he stands behind our wall!

He looks in at the windows.

He glances through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved spoke, and said to me,

“Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

¹¹For behold, the winter is past.

The rain is over and gone.

¹²The flowers appear on the earth.

The time of the singing has come,

and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

¹³The fig tree ripens her green figs.

The vines are in blossom.

They give out their fragrance.

Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away.”

¹⁴My dove in the clefts of the rock,

in the hiding places of the mountainside,

let me see 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 plunder the vineyards;

for our vineyards are in blossom.

¹⁶My beloved is mine, and I am his.

He browses amongst the lilies.

¹⁷Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away,

turn, my beloved,

and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.