Song of Solomon 2

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

²As a lily among brambles , so is my love among the young women .

³As an apple tree among the trees of the forest , so is my beloved among the young men . With great delight I sat in his shadow , and his fruit was sweet to my taste .

⁴He brought me to the banqueting house , and his banner over me was love .

⁵Sustain me with raisins ; refresh me with apples , for I am sick with love .

⁶His left hand is under my head , and his right hand embraces me!

⁷I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem , by the gazelles or the does of the field , that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases .

⁸The voice of my beloved ! Behold , he comes , leaping over the mountains , bounding over the hills .

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag . Behold , there he stands behind our wall , gazing through the windows , looking through the lattice .

¹⁰My beloved speaks and says to me: Arise , my love , my beautiful one , and come away ,

¹¹for behold , the winter is past ; the rain is over and gone .

¹²The flowers appear on the earth , the time of singing has come , and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land .

¹³The fig tree ripens its figs , and the vines are in blossom ; they give forth fragrance . Arise , my love , my beautiful one , and come away .

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

¹⁵Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards , for our vineyards are in blossom .

¹⁶My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies .

¹⁷Until the day breathes and the shadows flee , turn , my beloved , be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains .