Song of Solomon

¹ I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

² Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.

³ Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

⁴ and his banner over me is love.

⁵ refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

⁶ and his right arm embraces me.

⁷ by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

⁸ Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

⁹ Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

¹⁰ “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.

¹¹ the rains are over and gone.

¹² the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

¹³ the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”

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.

¹⁵ the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.

¹⁶ My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.

¹⁷ and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.