Song of Solomon 2 — GNB

2I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.²[[Lov.]] As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.³[[M.]] As the apple-tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow I love to sit down, And his fruit is sweet to my taste.⁴He hath brought me to his banqueting-house, And his banner over me is love. Strengthen me with raisins,⁵Refresh me with apples! For I am sick with love.⁶His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraceth me!⁷[[Lov.]] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till she please!⁸[[M.]] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Bounding upon the hills.⁹Like a gazelle is my beloved, Or a young hind. Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He is looking through the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.¹⁰My beloved speaketh, and saith to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!¹¹For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone;¹²The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;¹³The fig-tree is spicing its green fruit; The vines in blossom give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!¹⁴O my dove, that art in the recesses of the rock, In the hiding-places of the steep craggy mountain, Let me see thy face, Let me hear thy voice! For sweet is thy voice, And thy face lovely.”¹⁵Take ye for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines; For our vines are now in blossom.¹⁶My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth among the lilies.¹⁷When the day breathes, and the shadows flee away, Come again, my beloved, like a gazelle, or a young hind, Upon the craggy mountains.