Song of Solomon 2:4–16

⁴Let him lead me to the banquet hall,ⁱ

and let his banner^j over me be love.

⁵Strengthen me with raisins,

refresh me with apples,^k

for I am faint with love.^l

⁶His left arm is under my head,

and his right arm embraces me.^m

⁷Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge youⁿ

by the gazelles and by the does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.^o

⁸Listen! My beloved!

Look! Here he comes,

leaping across the mountains,

bounding over the hills.^p

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle^q or a young stag.^r

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;^s

the blossoming^t vines spread their fragrance.

Arise, come, my darling;

my beautiful one, come with me.”

He

¹⁴My dove^u 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.^v

¹⁵Catch for us the foxes,^w

the little foxes

that ruin the vineyards,^x

our vineyards that are in bloom.^y

She

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;^z

he browses among the lilies.^a