Song of Solomon 2:4–16

Banquet Hall of Love

⁴He brought me to the house of the wine,

and his intention was love toward me.

⁵Sustain me with the raisins,

refresh me with the apples,

for I am lovesick.^d

Double Refrain: Embrace and Adjuration

⁶His left hand is under my head,

and his right hand embraces^e me.

⁷I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,^f

by the gazelles or by the does of the field,

do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!^g

Rendezvous in the Countryside

⁸The voice of my beloved!

Look! Here he^h comes leaping upon the mountains,

bounding over the hills!

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

Look! He is^j standing behind our wall,

gazing through^k the window,

looking through^l the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved answered and said to me,

“Arise,^m my beloved! Come, my beauty!ⁿ

¹¹For look! The winter is over;

the rainy season^o has turned and gone away.^p

¹²The blossoms appear^q in the land;^r

the time of singing^s has arrived;^t

the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

¹³The fig tree puts forth her figs,

and the vines are in blossom; they give fragrance.

Arise,^u my beloved! Come, my beauty!”^v

¹⁴My dove, in the clefts of the rock,

in the secluded place^wx in the mountain,^yz

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 destroying vineyards,

for^a our vineyards are in blossom!

Poetic Refrain

¹⁶My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him;^b

he pastures his flock among the lilies.