Song of Solomon 2
1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick with love.
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone.
For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
14 O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
15 Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
17 Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.
