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The Darby Translation DBY
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
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As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
3 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.
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As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
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He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of 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, And his right hand doth embrace me.
7 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.
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I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
8 Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
9 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.
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.
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My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:
12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
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The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”
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The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!
14 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.
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My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.
16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,
17 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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Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.
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