Song of Solomon 2

1I am Sharon's rose, the valleys' lily.

2Like a lily among thorns, so is my beloved among the daughters.

3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow I delighted and sat, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

4He brought me to the house of wine; his banner over me is love.

5Sustain me with raisins, revive me with apples; for I languish with love.

6His left hand is beneath my head, and his right hand embraces me.

7I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, not to rouse or awaken love until she desires.

8My beloved's voice! Look, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

9Like a roe or a young hart is my beloved. Look, he stands behind our wall, peering through the windows, glancing through the lattices.

10My beloved answered and said to me: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away."

11For see, the winter has passed, the rain has ceased and departed.

12Flowers have appeared across the land; the season of singing has arrived, and the turtledove's voice is heard in our land.

13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with tender grapes release their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

14My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding place of the steep place, let me see your face; let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

15Seize for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards have tender grapes.

16My beloved belongs to me, and I to him—he who grazes among the lilies.

17Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a fawn of the stags on the mountains of Bether.