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1 [Woman]I'm a rose of the Sharon plain, a lily of the valleys.
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I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 [Man]Like a lily among thornbushes, so is my dearest among the young women.
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As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.
3 [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.
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As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He has brought me to the house of wine; his banner raised over me is love.
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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 Sustain me with raisin cakes, strengthen me with apples, for I'm weak with love!
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Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.
6 His left arm is beneath my head, his right embraces me.
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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
7 Make a solemn pledge, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild deer: Don't rouse, don't arouse love until it desires.
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I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
8 Listen! It's my lover: here he comes now, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 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.
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
10 My lover spoke and said to me, "Rise up, my dearest, my fairest, and go.
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My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away,
11 Here, the winter is past; the rains have come and gone.
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for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 Blossoms have appeared in the land; the season of singing has arrived, and the sound of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
13 The green fruit is on the fig tree, and the grapevines in bloom are fragrant. Rise up, my dearest, my fairest, and go.
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The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
14 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."
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O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
15 Catch foxes for us— those little foxes that spoil vineyards, now that our vineyards are in bloom!
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Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom. ”
16 I belong to my lover and he belongs to me— the one grazing among the lilies.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
17 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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Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.
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