Son 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Son 2:2 As a lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.
Son 2:3 As the apple among the trees of the forest, so is my Beloved among the sons. I delighted in His shadow, and I sat down; and His fruit was sweet to my taste.
Son 2:4 He brought me to the house of wine, and His banner over me was love.
Son 2:5 Feed me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.
Son 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and His right hand embraces me.
Son 2:7 I adjure you by the gazelles, and by the does of the field, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you do not stir up and do not awaken the Love until it pleases.
Son 2:8 The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Son 2:9 My Beloved is likened to a gazelle, or to a young deer, the stag. Behold, He stands behind our wall, looking from the windows, peering from the lattice.
Son 2:10 My Beloved answered and said to me, Arouse yourself, My love, My beautiful one, and come away.
Son 2:11 For, behold, the winter has passed, the rain has passed, it goes to itself.
Son 2:12 The flowers are seen on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Son 2:13 The fig tree spices her unripe figs, and the vines give a fragrance by the blossom. Arise, My love; come, My beautiful one, and come yourself.
Son 2:14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secrecy of the steep place, let Me see your form. Let Me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your form is beautiful.
Son 2:15 Take for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, even our vineyards with blossoms.
Son 2:16 My Beloved is mine, and I am His. He feeds among the lilies.
Son 2:17 Until when does the day blow, and the shadows flee away? Turn, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the cleft mountains.
June 25, 2011