Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
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As a lily among the thorns,
2 As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved
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So [is] my friend among the daughters!
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, His fruit was sweet to my taste.
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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.
4 He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
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He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love,
5 Strengthen me with raisins, Refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.
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Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.
6 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
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His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
7 I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires.
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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!
8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.
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The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
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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.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
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My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
11 For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
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For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone.
12 The flowers appear on the eretz; The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
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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,
13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, And come away. Lover
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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.
14 My 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.
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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.
15 Catch for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved
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Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
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My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
17 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
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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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