Song of Solomon 2
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- 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- 2As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
- 3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
- 4He brought me into the banquet hall, and his banner over me was love.
- 5Support me with jars of wine, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.
- 6His left hand cradles my head, and his right arm holds me close.
- 7I beg you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the wild deer, do not stir up or awaken my love until he is ready.
- 8Listen! It's my beloved! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
- 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Look — he's standing just behind our wall, peering through the windows, gazing through the lattice.
- 10My beloved spoke to me and said, "Get up, my love, my beautiful one — come away with me."
- 11"Look, the winter is over. The rains have come and gone."
- 12"Flowers are blooming across the land. The season for singing has arrived, and the call of the turtledove fills our countryside."
- 13"The fig trees are forming their early fruit, and the grapevines are blossoming with sweet fragrance. Get up, my love, my beautiful one — come away with me."
- 14O my dove, who is in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your face is lovely.
- 15Catch the foxes for us — the little foxes that ruin the vineyards — because our vines are in bloom.
- 16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies.
- 17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.