Song of Solomon 2
1 I am [like] [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon [Plain], and [like] [MET] a lily [that grows] in a valley.
I'm just a flower from the plain of Sharon, a lily found in the valleys.
2 Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
Just as a lily stands out among the brambles, so you, my darling, stand out among other women.
3 And among [the other] men, you, the man who loves me, are like [MET] an apple/fruit tree [that grows] in the forest. [You are like a tree whose] shadow [protects me from the sun], and your [being close to me] [EUP] is like [MET] eating sweet fruit.
My love is like an apple tree among the forest trees, compared to other young men. I love to sit down in his shade and his fruit tastes sweet to me.
4 You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
He took me to drink of his wine, wanting to show his love for me.
5 Refresh me and strengthen me [with your lovemaking] [like I am refreshed by eating] [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more.
Feed me raisins to give me energy, give me apples to revive me, for love has made me weak!
6 Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
He supports my head with his left hand, and holds me close with his right.
7 You young women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb our love until the right time.
8 I hear the voice of the man who loves me. [It is as though] [MET] he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills
Listen! I hear the voice of my love! Look! Here he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping over the hills—
9 like [SIM] a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the (lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame).
my love is like a gazelle or a young deer! Look, he's there, standing behind our wall, looking through the window, peering through the screen.
10 He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
My love calls out to me, “Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me! Just look!
11 Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
Winter has finished; the rains are over and gone.
12 flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
Flowers are blooming everywhere; the time when birds sing has come; the call of the turtledove is heard in the countryside.
13 There are young/new figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
Fig trees start producing ripe fruit, while grape vines blossom, giving off their fragrance. Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me!”
14 [You are like] [MET] a dove that is hiding [far from me] in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice is sweet-sounding and your face is lovely [CHI].”
My dove is out of sight in the crevices of the rock, in the hiding places of the cliff. Please let me see you! Let me hear you! For you speak so sweetly, and you look so beautiful!
15 [There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
Catch the foxes for us, all the little foxes that come and destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom!
16 You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me, and you [experience pleasure when you kiss] my lips [like] [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.
My love is mine, and I am his! He feeds among the lilies,
17 You who love me, come and be like [SIM] a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether, and then flee like a deer at dawn [tomorrow morning], when the darkness fades.
until the morning breezes blow and the shadows disappear. Come back to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the split mountains.
