2Song of Songs 2

1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. LoverSelect Song of Songs 2:1

2As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. BelovedSelect 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, his fruit was sweet to my taste.Select Song of Songs 2:3

4He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.Select Song of Songs 2:4

5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.Select Song of Songs 2:5

6His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.Select Song of Songs 2:6

7I 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.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 deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.Select Song of Songs 2:9

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

11For, behold, 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 has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.Select Song of Songs 2:12

13The 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.” LoverSelect Song of Songs 2:13

14My 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.Select Song of Songs 2:14

15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. BelovedSelect Song of Songs 2:15

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

17Until 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.Select Song of Songs 2:17