Canticum Canticorum 2
1 Ego flos campi, et lilium convallium.
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2 Sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter filias.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3 Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum, sic dilectus meus inter filios. Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi, et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.
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.
4 Introduxit me in cellam vinariam; ordinavit in me caritatem.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 Fulcite me floribus, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6 Læva ejus sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7 Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, per capreas cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, quoadusque ipsa velit.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
8 Vox dilecti mei; ecce iste venit, saliens in montibus, transiliens colles.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 Similis est dilectus meus capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum, respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi. Surge, propera, amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni:
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 jam enim hiems transiit; imber abiit, et recessit.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra; tempus putationis advenit: vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land;
13 ficus protulit grossos suos; vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum. Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni:
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.
14 columba mea, in foraminibus petræ, in caverna maceriæ, ostende mihi faciem tuam, sonet vox tua in auribus meis: vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora.
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.
15 Capite nobis vulpes parvulas quæ demoliuntur vineas: nam vinea nostra floruit.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia,
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ. Revertere; similis esto, dilecte mi, capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
