Song of Solomon 2

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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1I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.

2Like a lily among the thorns, so is my beloved among the young women.

3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my delightful one among the young men. I sat down in his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4He brought me to the banqueting hall of wine, and his banner over me was love.

5Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apricots; for I am faint with love.

6Oh that his left hand were under my head, while his right hand embraces me.

7I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field: do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases.

8The voice of my lover! Listen, he comes leaping over the mountains, springing over the hills.

9My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.

10My lover speaks and says to me, “Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come away.

11For now the winter has passed, the rain is over and gone.

12The blossoms appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

13The fig tree springs forth its early figs, and the vine its blossoms; they give forth their fragrance. Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come away.

14O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliffs, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

15Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.”

16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

17Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, be like a gazelle or a young stag on rugged mountains.

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