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