New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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I am a rose of Sharon, a flower of the valleys.
2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
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As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
3 As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his intention toward me was love.
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He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.
5 Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
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Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.
6 O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.
7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
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I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
8 The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
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My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.
10 My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
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My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
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For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;
13 The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.
14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.
15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom."
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Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.
16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.
17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on the cleft mountains.
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Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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