Song of Solomon 2
1 As a lily among the thorns,
Bride: I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.
2 So [is] my friend among the daughters!
Groom: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.
3 As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
4 He has brought me to a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love,
He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.
5 Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.
Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, And his right embraces me.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor wake the love until she pleases!
Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.
8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, this—he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.
9 My beloved [is] like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Behold, this—he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.
My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag. Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.
10 My beloved has answered and said to me, “Rise up, my friend, my beautiful one, and come away,
Lo, my beloved speaks to me: Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.
11 For behold, the winter has passed by, The rain has passed away—it has gone.
For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away.
12 The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
13 The fig tree has ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my beautiful one, indeed, come away.
The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance.
14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see your appearance, Cause me to hear your voice, For your voice [is] sweet, and your appearance lovely.”
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful.
15 Seize for us foxes, Little foxes—destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
Chorus to Groom and Bride: Capture for us the little foxes, which are tearing down the vines; for our vineyard has flourished.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
Bride to Chorus: My beloved is for me, and I am for him. He pastures among the lilies,
17 Until the day breaks forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!
until the day rises and the shadows decline. Bride to Groom: Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.
