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¹I am a meadow flower of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

²As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the young women.

³As an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I sit down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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

⁵Revive me with raisin cakes and refresh me with apricots, for I am weak with love.

⁶His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

⁷I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the fields, that you will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases.

⁸There is the sound of my beloved! Listen, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, jumping over the hills.

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag; look, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved spoke to me and said, “Arise, my love; My beautiful one, come away with me.

¹¹Look, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

¹²The flowers have appeared in the land; the time for pruning and the singing of birds has come, and the sound of the doves is heard in our land.

¹³The fig tree ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give off their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

¹⁴My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret clefts of the mountain crags, 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 spoil vineyards, for our vineyard is in blossom.

¹⁶My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies with pleasure.

¹⁷Go away, my beloved, before the soft winds of dawn blow and the shadows flee away. Go away; be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.