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Song of Songs 2 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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1 I am a rose[fn] of Sharon,

a lily of the valleys.

 

He

 

2 As a lily among brambles,

so is my love among the young women.

 

She

 

3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my beloved among the young men.

With great delight I sat in his shadow,

and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the banqueting house,[fn]

and his banner over me was love.

5 Sustain me with raisins;

refresh me with apples,

for I am sick with love.

6 His left hand is under my head,

and his right hand embraces me!

7 I adjure you,[fn] O daughters of Jerusalem,

by the gazelles or the does of the field,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.

 

The Bride Adores Her Beloved

 

8 The voice of my beloved!

Behold, he comes,

leaping over the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

9 My beloved is like a gazelle

or a young stag.

Behold, there he stands

behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

looking through the lattice.

10 My beloved speaks and says to me:

“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away,

11 for behold, the winter is past;

the rain is over and gone.

12 The flowers appear on the earth,

the time of singing[fn] has come,

and the voice of the turtledove

is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree ripens its figs,

and the vines are in blossom;

they give forth fragrance.

Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away.

14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,

in the crannies of the cliff,

let me see your face,

let me hear your voice,

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is lovely.

15 Catch the foxes[fn] for us,

the little foxes

that spoil the vineyards,

for our vineyards are in blossom.”

   

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his;

he grazes[fn] among the lilies.

17 Until the day breathes

and the shadows flee,

turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle

or a young stag on cleft mountains.[fn]

 
See the ESV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
ESV Footnotes
Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus
Hebrew the house of wine
That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song
Or pruning
Or jackals
Or he pastures his flock
Or mountains of Bether
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