| 章 |
| 2:1 |
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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| 2:2 |
Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.
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| 2:3 |
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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| 2:4 |
He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.
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| 2:5 |
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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| 2:6 |
His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
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| 2:7 |
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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| 2:8 |
Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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| 2:9 |
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.
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| 2:10 |
My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.
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| 2:11 |
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
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| 2:12 |
Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.
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| 2:13 |
The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."
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| 2:14 |
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.
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| 2:15 |
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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| 2:16 |
My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.
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| 2:17 |
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.
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