Song of Songs 2

₁I am only a wild flower in Sharon,

a lily in a mountain valley.

₂Like a lily among thorns

is my darling among women.

₃Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my dearest compared with other men.

I love to sit in its shadow,

and its fruit is sweet to my taste.

₄He brought me to his banqueting hall

and raised the banner of love over me.

₅Restore my strength with raisins

and refresh me with apples!

I am weak from passion.

₆His left hand is under my head,

and his right hand caresses me.

₇Promise me, women of Jerusalem;

swear by the swift deer and the gazelles

that you will not interrupt our love.

₈I hear my lover's voice.

He comes running over the mountains,

racing across the hills to me.

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.

₁₀My lover speaks to me.

Come then, my love;

my darling, come with me.

₁₁The winter is over; the rains have stopped;

₁₂in the countryside the flowers are in bloom.

This is the time for singing;

the song of doves is heard in the fields.

₁₃Figs are beginning to ripen;

the air is fragrant with blossoming vines.

Come then, my love;

my darling, come with me.

₁₄You are like a dove that hides

in the crevice of a rock.

Let me see your lovely face

and hear your enchanting voice.

₁₅Catch the foxes, the little foxes,

before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.

₁₆My lover is mine, and I am his.

He feeds his flock among the lilies

₁₇until the morning breezes blow

and the darkness disappears.

Return, my darling, like a gazelle,

like a stag on the mountains of Bether.