New Living Translation NLT
Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain, the lily of the valley.
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I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
2 Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women.
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As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved
3 Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit.
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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.
4 He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me.
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He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love.
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Strengthen me with raisins, Refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.
6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
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His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
7 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right.
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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.
8 Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.
9 My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room.
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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.
10 My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!
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My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
11 Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone.
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For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.
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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.
13 The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”
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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
14 My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely.
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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.
15 Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming!
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Catch for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved
16 My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
17 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
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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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