Song of Solomon 2:1–17
And the lily of the valleys.
2 Like a lily among thorns,
So is my love among the daughters.
3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down in his shade with great delight,
And ahis fruit was sweet to my taste.
The Shulamite to the Daughters of Jerusalem
4 He brought me to the 1banqueting house,
And his banner over me was love.
5 Sustain me with cakes of raisins,
Refresh me with apples,
For I am lovesick.
6 bHis left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
7 cI 2charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
The Shulamite
8 The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
9 dMy beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he stands behind our wall;
He is looking through the windows,
Gazing through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
11 For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away!
14 “O my edove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your 3face,
fLet me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
15 Catch us gthe foxes,
The little foxes that spoil the vines,
For our vines have tender grapes.
16 hMy beloved is mine, and I am his.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.
17 iUntil the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
And be jlike a gazelle
Or a young stag
Upon the mountains of 4Bether.