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 lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places].”
(The Bridegroom)
He
Verse 2
“Like the lily among the thorns,
So are you, my darling, among the maidens.”
(The Shulammite Bride)
Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.
is my darling among the young women.
She
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.
Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is 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].
Let him lead me to the banquet hall,
and let his banner over me be love.
and let his banner over me be love.
Verse 5
“Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with apples,
Because I am sick with love.
Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
Verse 6
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
(The Bridegroom)
His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
and his right arm embraces 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)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
Verse 8
“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he comes,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping and running on the hills!
Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over 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 gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
Verse 10
“My beloved speaks and says to me,
‘Arise, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
My beloved spoke and said to me,
‘Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
‘Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
Verse 11
‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
the rains are 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.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
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 forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.’
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.’
He
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)
My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding-places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
in the hiding-places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
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)
Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.
She
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 browses among the lilies.
he browses 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 breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.[d]
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.[d]