Song of Songs 2

¹Song of Songs 2:1. I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.²Song of Songs 2:2. Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.³Song of Songs 2:3. Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.⁴Song of Songs 2:4. He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.⁵Song of Songs 2:5. Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.⁶Song of Songs 2:6. His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.⁷Song of Songs 2:7. O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

⁸Song of Songs 2:8. Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.⁹Song of Songs 2:9. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.¹⁰Song of Songs 2:10. My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.¹¹Song of Songs 2:11. For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.¹²Song of Songs 2:12. The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.¹³Song of Songs 2:13. The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”¹⁴Song of Songs 2:14. O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.¹⁵Song of Songs 2:15. Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.¹⁶Song of Songs 2:16. My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.¹⁷Song of Songs 2:17. Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.