Song Of Solomon 2
The Bride’s Admiration
The Bride
¹ I am a rose of Sharon,1 a lily of the valley.
The Bridegroom
² Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
The Bride
³ Like an apple 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.
⁴ He has brought me to the house of wine,2 and his banner over me is love.
⁵ Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
⁶ His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
⁷ O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
⁸ Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
⁹ My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
¹⁰ My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
¹¹ For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
¹² The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing 3 has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
¹³ The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
The Bridegroom
¹⁴ O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
The Friends
¹⁵ Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.
The Bride
¹⁶ My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
¹⁷ Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.4