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1I am a rose of Sharon,[#Song 5.13; 7.2; Isa 35.1, 2]
a lily of the valleys.
2As a lily among brambles,
so is my love among maidens.
3As an apple tree among the trees of the wood,[#Song 4.13; 8.5]
so is my beloved among young men.
With great delight I sat in his shadow,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4He brought me to the banqueting house,[#Ps 20.5]
and his intention toward me was love.
5Sustain me with raisins,[#Song 5.8; 7.8]
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
6O that his left hand were under my head[#Song 8.3]
and that his right hand embraced me!
7I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,[#Song 3.5; 8.4]
by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!
8The voice of my beloved![#v 17]
Look, he comes,
leaping upon the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9My beloved is like a gazelle[#v 17]
or a young stag.
Look, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing in at the windows,
looking through the lattice.
10My beloved speaks and says to me:[#v 13]
“Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away,
11for now the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.
12The flowers appear on the earth;[#Ps 74.19]
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.
13The fig tree puts forth its figs,[#v 10 ; Song 7.12; Mt 24.32]
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
14O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,[#Song 1.5; 5.2; 8.13; Jer 48.28]
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.
15Catch us the foxes,[#Ezek 13.4]
the little foxes,
that ruin the vineyards—
for our vineyards are in blossom.”
16My beloved is mine, and I am his;[#Song 6.3; 7.10]
he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17Until the day breathes[#vv 8, 9 ; Song 4.6]
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
or a young stag on the cleft mountains.