Song of Solomon 2

1 I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

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

2 As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

[[Lov.]] As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.

[[M.]] As the apple-tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow I love to sit down, And his fruit is sweet to my taste.

4 He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.

He hath brought me to his banqueting-house, And his banner over me is love. Strengthen me with raisins,

5 Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.

Refresh me with apples! For I am sick with love.

6 His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraceth me!

7 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.

[[Lov.]] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till she please!

8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

[[M.]] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Bounding upon the hills.

9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.

Like a gazelle is my beloved, Or a young hind. Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He is looking through the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

10 My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

My beloved speaketh, and saith to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!

11 For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:

For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone;

12 The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

13 The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!

The fig-tree is spicing its green fruit; The vines in blossom give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!

14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

O my dove, that art in the recesses of the rock, In the hiding-places of the steep craggy mountain, Let me see thy face, Let me hear thy voice! For sweet is thy voice, And thy face lovely.”

15 Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.

Take ye for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines; For our vines are now in blossom.

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,

My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth among the lilies.

17 Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.

When the day breathes, and the shadows flee away, Come again, my beloved, like a gazelle, or a young hind, Upon the craggy mountains.