2As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Under its shadow I delighted to sit, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.
4He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love.
5'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'
6Let his left hand be under my head, and his right hand embrace me.
7'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.'