1I [am] the rose <02261> of Sharon <08289>_, [and] the lily <07799> of the valleys <06010>_.
2As the lily <07799> among thorns <02336>_, so [is] my love <07474> among the daughters <01323>_.
3As the apple tree <08598> among the trees <06086> of the wood <03293>_, so [is] my beloved <01730> among the sons <01121>_. I sat <03427> (8804) down under his shadow <06738> with great delight <02530> (8765)_, and his fruit <06529> [was] sweet <04966> to my taste <02441>_. {I sat...: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc} {taste: Heb. palate}
4He brought <0935> (8689) me to the banqueting <03196> house <01004>_, and his banner <01714> over me [was] love <0160>_. {banqueting...: Heb. house of wine}
5Stay <05564> (8761) me with flagons <0809>_, comfort <07502> (8761) me with apples <08598>_: for I [am] sick <02470> (8802) of love <0160>_. {comfort...: Heb. straw me with apples}
6His left hand <08040> [is] under my head <07218>_, and his right hand <03225> doth embrace <02263> (8762) me.
7I charge <07650> (8689) you, O ye daughters <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>_, by the roes <06643>_, and <0176> by the hinds <0355> of the field <07704>_, that ye stir not up <05782> (8686)_, nor awake <05782> (8787) [my] love <0160>_, till he please <02654> (8799)_. {I charge...: Heb. I adjure you}
8The voice <06963> of my beloved <01730>_! behold, he cometh <0935> (8802) leaping <01801> (8764) upon the mountains <02022>_, skipping <07092> (8764) upon the hills <01389>_.
9My beloved <01730> is like <01819> (8802) a roe <06643> or a young <06082> hart <0354>_: behold, he standeth <05975> (8802) behind <0310> our wall <03796>_, he looketh forth <07688> (8688) at the windows <02474>_, shewing <06692> (8688) himself through the lattice <02762>_. {shewing...: Heb. flourishing}
10My beloved <01730> spake <06030> (8804)_, and said <0559> (8804) unto me, Rise up <06965> (8798)_, my love <07474>_, my fair one <03303>_, and come away <03212> (8798)_.
11For, lo, the winter <05638> is past <05674> (8804)_, the rain <01653> is over <02498> (8804) [and] gone <01980> (8804)_;
12The flowers <05339> appear <07200> (8738) on the earth <0776>_; the time <06256> of the singing <02158> [of birds] is come <05060> (8689)_, and the voice <06963> of the turtle <08449> is heard <08085> (8738) in our land <0776>_;
13The fig tree <08384> putteth forth <02590> (8804) her green figs <06291>_, and the vines <01612> [with] the tender grape <05563> give <05414> (8804) a [good] smell <07381>_. Arise <06965> (8798)_, my love <07474>_, my fair one <03303>_, and come away <03212> (8798)_.
14O my dove <03123>_, [that art] in the clefts <02288> of the rock <05553>_, in the secret <05643> [places] of the stairs <04095>_, let me see <07200> (8685) thy countenance <04758>_, let me hear <08085> (8685) thy voice <06963>_; for sweet <06156> [is] thy voice <06963>_, and thy countenance <04758> [is] comely <05000>_.
15Take <0270> (8798) us the foxes <07776>_, the little <06996> foxes <07776>_, that spoil <02254> (8764) the vines <03754>_: for our vines <03754> [have] tender grapes <05563>_.
16My beloved <01730> [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth <07462> (8802) among the lilies <07799>_.
17Until the day <03117> break <06315> (8799)_, and the shadows <06752> flee away <05127> (8804)_, turn <05437> (8798)_, my beloved <01730>_, and be thou like <01819> (8798) a roe <06643> or a young <06082> hart <0354> upon the mountains <02022> of Bether <01336>_. {of Bether: or, of division}