Song of Solomon, 2

1. -I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.

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

2. -As a lily among the thistles, so is my beloved among girls.

2. As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.

3. -As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my love among young men. In his delightful shade I sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

3. As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4. He has taken me to his cellar, and his banner over me is love.

4. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

5. Feed me with raisin cakes, restore me with apples, for I am sick with love.

5. Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love.

6. His left arm is under my head, his right embraces me.

6. O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!

7. -I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by all gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases.

7. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.

8. BELOVED: I hear my love. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills.

8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.

9. My love is like a gazelle, like a young stag. See where he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the window, he peers through the opening.

9. My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.

10. My love lifts up his voice, he says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.

10. My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;

11. For see, winter is past, the rains are over and gone.

11. for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.

12. 'Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land.

12. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

13. The fig tree is forming its first figs and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.

13. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

14. 'My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock, in the coverts of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.'

14. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely.

15. Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that make havoc of the vineyards, for our vineyards are in fruit.

15. Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."

16. My love is mine and I am his. He pastures his flock among the lilies.

16. My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures his flock among the lilies.

17. Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, return! Be, my love, like a gazelle, like a young stag, on the mountains of Bether.

17. Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle, or a young stag upon rugged mountains.