Song of Solomon 2

1 I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

2 Like a lily among the 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; in his shade I have delighted and sat down, and his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.

4 He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me [was] love.

5 Sustain me with raisin-cakes, refresh me with apples—for I [am] sick with love.

6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

7 I adjure you⁺, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field—do not arouse or awaken love, until it pleases.

8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, this one is coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

9 My beloved [is] being like to a gazelle, or to a young stag of the deer. Behold, this one is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.

10 My beloved answered and said to me, “Rise up, my my darling, my beautiful one, come away yourself!

11 For, behold, the winter has passed by; the rain has passed; it has gone itself.

12 The blossoms have appeared in the land, 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 [in] blossom have given forth the fragrance. Arise, come my darling, my beautiful one, and come away yourself!”

14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice [is] sweet and your appearance [is] lovely.

15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes ruining the vineyards, and our vineyards [are] in blossom.

16 My beloved [is] unto me and I unto him; he is grazing among the lilies.

17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, may you turn and be likened yourself, my beloved, to a gazelle or to a young stag of the deer, upon the mountains of Bether.