Song Of Solomon 2

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Verse 1

“I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”

(The Bridegroom)

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Verse 2

“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”

(The Shulammite Bride)

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Verse 3

“Like an apple tree [rare and welcome] among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the young men!
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet and delicious to my palate.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Verse 4

“He has brought me to his banqueting place,
And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].

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

Verse 5

“Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with apples,
Because I am sick with love.

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

Verse 6

“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

(The Bridegroom)

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

Verse 7

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free],
That you do not rouse nor awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

(The Shulammite Bride)

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Verse 8

“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he comes,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping and running on the hills!

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

Verse 9

“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is gazing through the lattice.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

Verse 10

“My beloved speaks and says to me,
‘Arise, my love, my fair one,
And come away.

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Verse 11

‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

Verse 12

‘The flowers appear on the earth once again;
The time for singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

Verse 13

‘The fig tree has budded and ripens her figs,
And the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
And come away [to climb the rocky steps of the hillside].’”

(The Bridegroom)

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Verse 14

“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”

(The Chorus)

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

Verse 15

“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

(The Shulammite Bride)

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Verse 16

“My beloved is mine and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

Verse 17

“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].”

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.