Song of Solomon 2

¹I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

²Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.

³Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

⁴He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.

⁵Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

⁶His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

⁷Daughters 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.

⁸Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

⁹My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

¹⁰My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.

¹¹See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.

¹²Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."

¹⁴My 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.

¹⁵Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.

¹⁶My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.

¹⁷Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.