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Song of Solomon 2

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1 I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.
3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4 He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
5 Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
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.
8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
8 Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
11 For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:
11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
13 The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”
14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
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.
15 Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.
15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,
16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
17 Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.
17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.
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