Song of Solomon 2:1-10

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

²As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

³As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

⁴He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.

⁵Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

⁶His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

⁷I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

⁸The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

⁹My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.