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1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.
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1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
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2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.
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3 As 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.
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3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
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4 He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.
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5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick with love.
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5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
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7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
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7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
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8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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8 Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
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9 My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
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10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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10 My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.
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11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone.
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11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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12 The 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;
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12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
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13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."
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14 O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.
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14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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15 Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes.
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15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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16 My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
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17 Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.
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