Song of Songs 2:2-13

²Just as a lily stands out among the brambles, so you, my darling, stand out among other women.

³My love is like an apple tree among the forest trees, compared to other young men. I love to sit down in his shade and his fruit tastes sweet to me.

⁴He took me to drink of his wine, wanting to show his love for me.

⁵Feed me raisins to give me energy, give me apples to revive me, for love has made me weak!

⁶He supports my head with his left hand, and holds me close with his right.

⁷Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb our love until the right time.

⁸Listen! I hear the voice of my love! Look! Here he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping over the hills—

⁹my love is like a gazelle or a young deer! Look, he's there, standing behind our wall, looking through the window, peering through the screen.

¹⁰My love calls out to me, “Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me! Just look!

¹¹Winter has finished; the rains are over and gone.

¹²Flowers are blooming everywhere; the time when birds sing has come; the call of the turtledove is heard in the countryside.

¹³Fig trees start producing ripe fruit, while grape vines blossom, giving off their fragrance. Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me!”