2Song of Songs 2

1I am only a wild flower in Sharon, a lily in a mountain valley.Select Song of Songs 2:1

The Man

2Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women.Select Song of Songs 2:2

The Woman

3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its shadow, and its fruit is sweet to my taste.Select Song of Songs 2:3

4He brought me to his banquet hall and raised the banner of love over me.Select Song of Songs 2:4

5Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.Select Song of Songs 2:5

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

7Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.Select Song of Songs 2:7

The Second Song / The Woman

8I hear my lover's voice. He comes running over the mountains, racing across the hills to me.Select Song of Songs 2:8

9My lover is like a gazelle, like a young stag. There he stands beside the wall. He looks in through the window and glances through the lattice.Select Song of Songs 2:9

10My lover speaks to me. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.Select Song of Songs 2:10

The Man

11The winter is over; the rains have stopped;Select Song of Songs 2:11

12in the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing; the song of doves is heard in the fields.Select Song of Songs 2:12

13Figs are beginning to ripen; the air is fragrant with blossoming vines. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.Select Song of Songs 2:13

14You are like a dove that hides in the crevice of a rock. Let me see your lovely face and hear your enchanting voice.Select Song of Songs 2:14

15Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.Select Song of Songs 2:15

The Woman

16My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the liliesSelect Song of Songs 2:16

17until the morning breezes blow and the darkness disappears. Return, my darling, like a gazelle, like a stag on the mountains of Bether.Select Song of Songs 2:17