I am the
rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
02 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among
the daughters.
03 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,
so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under
his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was
sweet to my taste.
04 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his
banner over me was love.
05 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:
for I am sick of love.
06 His left hand is under my head, and his right
hand doth embrace me.
07 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by
the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye
stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
08 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the
hills.
09 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:
behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh
forth at the windows, shewing himself through the
lattice.
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10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up,
my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over
and gone;
12 The 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;
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and
the vines with the tender grape give a good
smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come
away.
14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock,
in the secret places of the stairs, let me see
thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet
is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that
spoil the vines: for our vines have tender
grapes.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth
among the lilies.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee
away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or
a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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