Song of Songs 2
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I am a rose # Or meadow saffron # Not the modern flower but a common wildflower in northern Israel of Sharon,
a lily # Or lotus of the valleys. # Sg 5:13; 7:2; Hs 14:5
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2Like a lily among thorns,
so is my darling among the young women.
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3Like an apricot # Or apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my love among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4He brought me to the banquet hall, # Lit the house of wine # Sg 1:4
and he looked on me with love. # Or and his banner over me is love # Ps 20:5
5Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apricots, # Or apples
for I am lovesick. # Sg 5:8
6His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me. # Or Let his left hand be under . . . and his right arm embrace me # Sg 8:3
7Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time. # Lit until it pleases # Sg 3:5; 5:8; 8:4
8Listen! My love is approaching.
Look! Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains, # Is 52:7
bounding over the hills.
9My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag. # Sg 2:17; 8:14
Look, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10My love calls to me:
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Arise, # Sg 2:13 my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
11For now the winter is past;
the rain has ended and gone away.
12The blossoms appear in the countryside.
The time of singing # Or pruning has come,
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land. # Jr 8:7
13The fig tree ripens its figs; # Mt 24:32
the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. # Sg 7:12
Arise, my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
14My dove, # Sg 5:2; 6:9 in the clefts of the rock, # Jr 48:28
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face, # Or form
let me hear your voice; # Sg 8:13
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely. # Sg 1:5
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15Catch the foxes for us # Ezk 13:4 —
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —
for our vineyards are in bloom. # Sg 2:13
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16My love is mine and I am his; # Sg 6:3; 7:10; 8:6
he feeds among the lilies.
17Before the day breaks # Lit breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag # Sg 2:9 on the divided mountains. # Or the Bether mountains, or the mountains of spices ; Hb obscure # Sg 4:5-6; 8:14
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Shir haShirim (Song of Songs) 2
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1I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.
2Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons. I delighted in his shade and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4He brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me was love.
5“Strengthen me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.”
6His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.
7I have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.
8The voice of my beloved! See, he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or like a young stag. See, he is standing behind our wall, Looking through the windows, Peering through the lattice.
10My beloved responded and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
11“For look, the winter is past, the rain is over, gone.
12“The flowers have appeared in the earth; The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
13“The fig tree has ripened her figs, And the vines with the tender grapes have given a good fragrance. Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away!
14“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covering of the cliff, Let me see your appearance, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your appearance is lovely.”
15Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that spoil the vines, And our vines are all blossom.
16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.
17Until the day breaks and the shadows have fled, Turn, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of Bether.
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