Song of Solomon 2:4–16
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,i
and let his bannerj over me be love.
refresh me with apples,k
for I am faint with love.l
6 His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.m
7 Daughters 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
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.p
9 My beloved is like a gazelleq or a young stag.r
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;s
the blossomingt vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”
14 My doveu 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
15 Catch for us the foxes,w
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,x
our vineyards that are in bloom.y
16 My beloved is mine and I am his;z
he browses among the lilies.a