Song of Solomon 2- 1
- I am a rose [1] of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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- Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.
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- 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.
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- He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.
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- Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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- His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
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- Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
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- Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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- My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- 10
- My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.
- 11
- See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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- Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
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- The fig tree forms its early fruit; 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
- Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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- My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
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- Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. [2]
- [1] Possibly a member of the crocus family
- [17] Or the hills of Bether