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1 As a lily among the thorns,
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1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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2 So [is] my friend 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 a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
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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 hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] 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 Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, 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 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 have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she 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! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on 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 to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from 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 hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, 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 hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone.
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11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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12 The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was 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 hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, 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 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance 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 Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
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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, Who is delighting 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 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!
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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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