S. S. 2:1 |
I am a rose of Sharon, / A lily of the valleys. |
S. S. 2:2 |
As a lily among thorns, / So is my love among the daughters. |
S. S. 2:3 |
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, / So is my beloved among the sons: In his shade I delighted and sat down, / And his fruit was sweet to my taste. |
S. S. 2:4 |
He brought me into the banqueting house, / And his banner over me was love. |
S. S. 2:5 |
Sustain me with raisin cakes, / Refresh me with apples, / For I am sick with love. |
S. S. 2:6 |
His left hand is under my head, / And his right hand embraces me. |
S. S. 2:7 |
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, / By the gazelles or by the hinds of the fields, / Not to rouse up or awaken [my] love / Until she pleases. |
S. S. 2:8 |
The voice of my beloved! Now he comes, / Leaping upon the mountains, / Skipping upon the hills. |
S. S. 2:9 |
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. / Now he stands behind our wall; / He is looking through the windows, / He is glancing through the lattice. |
S. S. 2:10 |
My beloved responds and says to me, / Rise up, my love, / My beauty, and come [away;] |
S. S. 2:11 |
For now the winter is past; / The rain is over [and] gone. |
S. S. 2:12 |
Flowers appear on the earth; / The time of singing has come, / And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. |
S. S. 2:13 |
The fig tree has ripened its figs, / And the vines are in blossom--they give forth their fragrance. / Rise up, my love, / My beauty, and come [away.] |
S. S. 2:14 |
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, / In the covert of the precipice, Let me see your countenance, / Let me hear your voice; / For your voice is sweet, / And your countenance is lovely. |
S. S. 2:15 |
Catch the foxes for us, / The little foxes, / That ruin the vineyards / While our vineyards are in blossom. |
S. S. 2:16 |
My beloved is mine, and I am his; / He pastures [his flock] among the lilies. |
S. S. 2:17 |
Until the day dawns and the shadows flee away, / Turn, my beloved, [and] be like a gazelle or a young hart / On the mountains of Bether. |