Song of Solomon 2:3-12

³M. As the apple-tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow I love to sit down, And his fruit is sweet to my taste.

⁴He hath brought me to his banqueting-house, And his banner over me is love. Strengthen me with raisins,

⁵Refresh me with apples! For I am sick with love.

⁶His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraceth me!

⁷Lov. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till she please!

⁸M. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Bounding upon the hills.

⁹Like a gazelle is my beloved, Or a young hind. Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He is looking through the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved speaketh, and saith to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!

¹¹For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone;

¹²The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;