2Song of Songs 2

1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.Select Song of Songs 2:1

2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.Select Song of Songs 2:2

3As 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.Select Song of Songs 2:3

4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.Select Song of Songs 2:4

5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.Select Song of Songs 2:5

6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me.Select Song of Songs 2:6

7I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. ¶Select Song of Songs 2:7

8The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.Select Song of Songs 2:8

9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.Select Song of Songs 2:9

10My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.Select Song of Songs 2:10

11For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;Select Song of Songs 2:11

12The 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;Select Song of Songs 2:12

13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. ¶Select Song of Songs 2:13

14O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely.Select Song of Songs 2:14

15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. ¶Select Song of Songs 2:15

16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.Select Song of Songs 2:16

17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.Select Song of Songs 2:17