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1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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[Woman]I'm a rose of the Sharon plain, a lily of the valleys.
2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
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[Man]Like a lily among thornbushes, so is my dearest among the young women.
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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[Woman]Like an apple tree among the wild trees, so is my lover among the young men. In his shade I take pleasure in sitting, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his intention toward me was love.
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He has brought me to the house of wine; his banner raised over me is love.
5 Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
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Sustain me with raisin cakes, strengthen me with apples, for I'm weak 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 arm is beneath my head, his right embraces 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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Make a solemn pledge, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild deer: Don't rouse, don't arouse love until it desires.
8 The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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Listen! It's my lover: here he comes now, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over 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 lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Here he stands now, outside our wall, peering through the windows, peeking through the lattices.
10 My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
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My lover spoke and said to me, "Rise up, my dearest, my fairest, and go.
11 for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
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Here, the winter is past; the rains have come 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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Blossoms have appeared in the land; the season of singing has arrived, and the sound of the turtledove is heard 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 green fruit is on the fig tree, and the grapevines in bloom are fragrant. Rise up, my dearest, my fairest, and go.
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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My dove—in the rock crevices, hidden in the cliff face— let me catch sight of you; let me hear your voice! The sound of your voice is sweet, and the sight of you is lovely."
15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom."
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Catch foxes for us— those little foxes that spoil vineyards, now that our vineyards are in bloom!
16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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I belong to my lover and he belongs to me— the one grazing among the lilies.
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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Before the day breeze blows and the shadows flee, turn about, my love; be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the jagged mountains.
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