Song of SolomonChapter 2

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¹I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valley. ²My darling among the young women
is like a lily among thorns. ³My beloved among the young men
is like an apple tree among the trees of the forest.
I love to sit in his shade.
His fruit tastes sweet to me. ⁴He has brought me to the house of wine.
His banner over me is love. ⁵Give me strength with raisins.
Refresh me with apples,
for I am weak with love. ⁶His left hand is under my head.
His right arm holds me close. ⁷Daughters of Jerusalem, make me a promise.
Promise by the gazelles and the deer of the field.
Do not stir up or wake up love
until the time is right. ⁸Listen! My beloved is coming.
Look! Here he comes.
He leaps over the mountains.
He jumps over the hills. ⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer.
Look, he stands behind our wall.
He gazes through the windows.
He peeks through the lattice. ¹⁰My beloved calls to me,
"Get up, my darling.
Come away with me, my beautiful one. ¹¹For now the winter is past.
The rain is over and gone. ¹²Flowers have come up in the fields.
The time for singing has come.
The cooing of turtledoves
is heard in our land. ¹³The fig tree is ripening its figs.
The vines are blooming and smell sweet.
Get up, come away, my darling.
Come away with me, my beautiful one." ¹⁴My dove, you are in the cracks of the rock,
hidden in the side 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 ruin the vineyards.
For our vineyards are in bloom. ¹⁶My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He feeds his flock among the lilies. ¹⁷Before the day breaks
and the shadows run away,
turn back, my beloved.
Be like a gazelle or a young deer
on the mountains of Bether.