en_cepher - Sos 2 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ I AM the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

² As the lily among the thistles, so is this shepherdess of mine among the daughters.

³ As the apricot tree is among the trees of the wildwood, so is my darling among the sons. In his shadow I covet and I sit, and his fruit is sweet to my palate.

⁴ He brings me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

⁵ Steady me with raison cakes, comfort me with apricots that are ailing of love.

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

⁷ I charge you, daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, if you rouse the love before she desires.

⁸ The voice of my darling! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, running over the hills.

⁹ My darling is like a gazelle or a fawn of the deer: behold, he stands behind our wall, peering from the windows, gazing through the lattices.

¹⁰ My darling answered, and said to me, Arise, my shepherdess, my lovely one, and come away.

¹¹ Behold! The winter weather is past, the downpour is past;

¹² The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has attained, and the sound of the turtledove is heard in our land;

¹³ The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give scent. Arise, my lovely shepherdess, and come away.

¹⁴ My dove, let me see you in the encircling of the crag, in the concealment of the cliff, and the appearance of you; let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and it makes your appearance even more comely.

¹⁵ Hold for us the foxes, the little foxes, that harm the vineyards and our vineyards of vine blossoms.

¹⁶ My darling is mine, and I am to him the one grazing among the lilies.

¹⁷ Still, the day blows in, and the shadows flee away, yet you, my darling, will be like a gazelle or the fawn of a deer on many mountains.