Song Of Solomon 2

“^[a]I am the ^[b]rose of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys.”

“I am like a rose on the coast of Sharon.
    I’m like a lily in the valleys.”

“^[c]Like a lily among the thorns,
So is my darling among the ^[d]maidens.”

“My love, among the young women
    you are like a lily among thorns.”

“^[e]Like an ^[f]apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the ^[g]young men.
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet to my ^[h]taste.

“My love, among the young men
    you are like an apple tree among the trees of the forest.
I’m happy to sit in your shade.
    Your fruit tastes so sweet to me.

“He has brought me to his ^[i]banquet hall,
And his banner over me is love.

Lead me to the dinner hall.
    Let your banner of love be lifted high above me.

“Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with ^[j]apples,
Because I am lovesick.

Give me some raisins to make me strong.
    Give me some apples to make me feel like new again.
    Our love has made me weak.

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

Your left arm is under my head.
    Your right arm is around me.

“^[k]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you do not arouse or awaken my love
Until ^[l]she pleases.”

Women of Jerusalem, make me a promise.
    Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses.
Don’t stir up love.
    Don’t wake it up until it’s ready.

“^[m]Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping on the hills!

“Listen! I hear my love!
    Look! Here he comes!
He’s leaping across the mountains.
    He’s coming over the hills.

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

The one who loves me is like an antelope or a young deer.
    Look! There he stands behind our wall.
He’s gazing through the window.
    He’s peering through the screen.

“My beloved responded and said to me,
‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.

He said to me, ‘Rise up, my love.
    Come with me, my beautiful one.

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

Look! The winter is past.
    The rains are over and gone.

‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for ^[o]pruning the vines,
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

Flowers are appearing on the earth.
    The season for singing has come.
The cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.

‘The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”

The fig trees are producing their early fruit.
    The flowers on the vines are giving off their sweet smell.
Rise up and come, my love.
    Come with me, my beautiful one.’ ”

“^[p]O my dove, in the clefts of the ^[q]rock,
In the secret place of the steep ^[r]pathway,
Let me see your ^[s]form,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your ^[t]form is lovely.”

“You are like a dove in an opening in the rocks.
    You are like a dove in a hiding place on a mountainside.
Show me your face.
    Let me hear your voice.
Your voice is so sweet.
    Your face is so lovely.

“^[u]Catch the foxes for us,
The ^[v]little foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Catch the foxes for us.
    Catch the little foxes.
They destroy our vineyards.
    The vineyards are in bloom.”

“^[w]My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.

“My love belongs to me, and I belong to him.
    Like an antelope, he eats among the lilies.

“Until ^[x]the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of ^[y]Bether.”