2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys. |
2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters. |
2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the young men. I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste. |
2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love. |
2:5 Sustain me with raisin cakes, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love. |
2:6 His left hand is under my head, and His right hand embraces me. |
2:7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the does of the field, do not stir up or awake love until it pleases. |
2:8 The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. |
2:9 My Beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, He stands behind our wall, He looks in through the windows, peers through the lattice. |
2:10 My Beloved spoke, and said to me, "Rise up, My love, My beautiful one, and come away. |
2:11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. |
2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land; |
2:13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, My love, My beautiful one, and come away. |
2:14 O My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let Me see your face, let Me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is beautiful." |
2:15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines; for our vines are in blossom. |
2:16 My Beloved is mine, and I am His; He feeds among the lilies. |
2:17 Until the day break and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young stag, upon the mountains of spices. |