Chapter 2
Song of Solomon
Verse 1I am a rose of Sharon,a lily of the valleys.HeVerse 2As a lily among brambles,so is my love among the young women.SheVerse 3As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,so is my beloved among the young men.With great delight I sat in his shadow,and his fruit was sweet to my taste.Verse 4He brought me to the banqueting house,and his banner over me was love.Verse 5Sustain me with raisins;refresh me with apples,for I am sick with love.Verse 6His left hand is under my head,and his right hand embraces me!Verse 7I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or the does of the field,that you not stir up or awaken loveuntil it pleases.Verse 8The voice of my beloved!Behold, he comes,leaping over the mountains,bounding over the hills.Verse 9My beloved is like a gazelleor a young stag.Behold, there he standsbehind our wall,gazing through the windows,looking through the lattice.Verse 10My beloved speaks and says to me:“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,and come away,Verse 11for behold, the winter is past;the rain is over and gone.Verse 12The flowers appear on the earth,the time of singing has come,and the voice of the turtledoveis heard in our land.Verse 13The fig tree ripens its figs,and the vines are in blossom;they give forth fragrance.Arise, my love, my beautiful one,and come away.Verse 14O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,in the crannies of the cliff,let me see your face,let me hear your voice,for your voice is sweet,and your face is lovely.Verse 15Catch the foxes for us,the little foxesthat spoil the vineyards,for our vineyards are in blossom.”Verse 16My beloved is mine, and I am his;he grazes among the lilies.Verse 17Until the day breathesand the shadows flee,turn, my beloved, be like a gazelleor a young stag on cleft mountains.
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