2:1 I am only a wild flower in Sharon, a lily in a mountain valley. |
2:2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women. |
2:3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its shadow, and its fruit is sweet to my taste. |
2:4 He brought me to his banquet hall and raised the banner of love over me. |
2:5 Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion. |
2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand caresses me. |
2:7 Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love. |
2:8 I hear my lover's voice. He comes running over the mountains, racing across the hills to me. |
2:9 My lover is like a gazelle, like a young stag. There he stands beside the wall. He looks in through the window and glances through the lattice. |
2:10 My lover speaks to me. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me. |
2:11 The winter is over; the rains have stopped; |
2:12 in the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing; the song of doves is heard in the fields. |
2:13 Figs are beginning to ripen; the air is fragrant with blossoming vines. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me. |
2:14 You are like a dove that hides in the crevice of a rock. Let me see your lovely face and hear your enchanting voice. |
2:15 Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom. |
2:16 My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies |
2:17 until the morning breezes blow and the darkness disappears. Return, my darling, like a gazelle, like a stag on the mountains of Bether. |