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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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As a lily among the thorns,
2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
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So [is] my friend 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 a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
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 in unto a 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 me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick 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, And his right 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 have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she 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! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on 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 to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from 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 hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath 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 have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was 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 hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, 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 clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance comely.
15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
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, Who is delighting 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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Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!
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