< Song of Solomon 2 >
1 I [am] [the] crocus of Sharon lily of the valleys.
I'm just a flower from the plain of Sharon, a lily found in the valleys.
2 Like a lily between the thorns [is] so friend my between the daughters.
Just as a lily stands out among the brambles, so you, my darling, stand out among other women.
3 Like an apple tree among [the] trees of the forest [is] so lover my between the sons in shade his I desired and I sat and fruit his [was] sweet to palate my.
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 He has brought me into [the] house of wine and standard his over me [is] love.
He took me to drink of his wine, wanting to show his love for me.
5 Sustain me with raisin-cakes refresh me with apples for [am] weak of love I.
Feed me raisins to give me energy, give me apples to revive me, for love has made me weak!
6 Left [hand] his [is] under head my and right [hand] his it embraces me.
He supports my head with his left hand, and holds me close with his right.
7 I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem by gazelles or by [the] does of the field if you will awaken - and if you will arouse love until that it will please.
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 [the] sound of Lover my there! this [is] coming [is] leaping over the mountains [is] bounding over the hills.
Listen! I hear the voice of my love! Look! Here he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping over the hills—
9 [is] like Lover my a gazelle or [the] fawn of the deer there! this [is] standing behind wall our [is] gazing from the windows [is] peering from the lattices.
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 answered lover my and he said to me arise yourself O friend my beautiful [one] my and come yourself.
My love calls out to me, “Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me! Just look!
11 For there! (the winter *Q(K)*) it has passed the rain it has passed away it has gone itself.
Winter has finished; the rains are over and gone.
12 The blossoms they have appeared in the land [the] time of pruning it has arrived and [the] sound of the turtle-dove it has been heard in land our.
Flowers are blooming everywhere; the time when birds sing has come; the call of the turtledove is heard in the countryside.
13 The fig tree it has ripened early figs its and the vines - blossom they have given forth odor arise (yourself *Q(K)*) O friend my beautiful [one] my and come yourself.
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 O dove my in [the] clefts of the rock in [the] hiding place of the steep place let see me form your cause to hear me voice your for voice your [is] sweet and form your [is] lovely.
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 Seize for us foxes foxes small [which] ruin vineyards and vineyards our [are] blossom.
Catch the foxes for us, all the little foxes that come and destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom!
16 Lover my [belongs] to me and I [belong] to him who [is] grazing among the lilies.
My love is mine, and I am his! He feeds among the lilies,
17 Until that will breathe the day and they will flee the shadows turn be like yourself O lover my a gazelle or [the] fawn of the deer on [the] mountains of ravine[s].
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.