1
I am the rose[H2261] of Sharon[H8289], and the lily[H7799] of the valleys[H6010].
2
As the lily[H7799] among thorns[H2336], so is my love[H7474] among the daughters[H1323].
3
As the apple tree[H8598] among the trees[H6086] of the wood[H3293], so is my beloved[H1730] among the sons[H1121]. I sat[H3427] down under his shadow[H6738] with great delight[H2530], and his fruit[H6529] was sweet[H4966] to my taste[H2441].
4
He brought[H935] me to the banqueting[H3196]house[H1004], and his banner[H1714] over me was love[H160].
5Stay[H5564] me with flagons[H809], comfort[H7502] me with apples[H8598]: for I am sick[H2470] of love[H160].
6
His left hand[H8040] is under my head[H7218], and his right hand[H3225] doth embrace[H2263] me.
7
I charge[H7650] you, O ye daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389], by the roes[H6643], and[H176] by the hinds[H355] of the field[H7704], that ye stir not up[H5782], nor awake[H5782] my love[H160], till he please[H2654].
8
The voice[H6963] of my beloved[H1730]! behold, he cometh[H935]leaping[H1801] upon the mountains[H2022], skipping[H7092] upon the hills[H1389].
9
My beloved[H1730] is like[H1819] a roe[H6643] or a young[H6082]hart[H354]: behold, he standeth[H5975]behind[H310] our wall[H3796], he looketh forth[H7688] at the windows[H2474], shewing[H6692] himself through the lattice[H2762].
10
My beloved[H1730]spake[H6030], and said[H559] unto me, Rise up[H6965], my love[H7474], my fair one[H3303], and come away[H3212].
11
For, lo, the winter[H5638] is past[H5674], the rain[H1653] is over[H2498] and gone[H1980];
12
The flowers[H5339]appear[H7200] on the earth[H776]; the time[H6256] of the singing[H2158] of birds is come[H5060], and the voice[H6963] of the turtle[H8449] is heard[H8085] in our land[H776];
13
The fig tree[H8384] putteth forth[H2590] her green figs[H6291], and the vines[H1612] with the tender grape[H5563]give[H5414] a good smell[H7381]. Arise[H6965], my love[H7474], my fair one[H3303], and come away[H3212].
14
O my dove[H3123], that art in the clefts[H2288] of the rock[H5553], in the secret[H5643] places of the stairs[H4095], let me see[H7200] thy countenance[H4758], let me hear[H8085] thy voice[H6963]; for sweet[H6156] is thy voice[H6963], and thy countenance[H4758] is comely[H5000].
15Take[H270] us the foxes[H7776], the little[H6996]foxes[H7776], that spoil[H2254] the vines[H3754]: for our vines[H3754] have tender grapes[H5563].
16
My beloved[H1730] is mine, and I am his: he feedeth[H7462] among the lilies[H7799].
17
Until the day[H3117]break[H6315], and the shadows[H6752] flee away[H5127], turn[H5437], my beloved[H1730], and be thou like[H1819] a roe[H6643] or a young[H6082]hart[H354] upon the mountains[H2022] of Bether[H1336].