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1 I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
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I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
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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 brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me.
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Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
5 Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.
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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 shall embrace me.
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His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the field, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
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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 over the hills.
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Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.
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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 Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
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My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
11 For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.
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See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
12 The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:
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Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:
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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 hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
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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 Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.
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Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
16 My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies,
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My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
17 Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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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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