Dual Panel1The Beloved to Her Lover: I <0589> am a meadow flower <02261> from Sharon <08289>, a lily <07799> from the valleys <06010>.
2The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily <07799> among <0996> the thorns <02336>, so <03651> is my darling <07474> among <0996> the maidens <01323>.
3The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree <08598> among the trees <06086> of the forest <03293>, so <03651> is my beloved <01730> among <0996> the young men <01121>. I delight <02530> to sit <03427> in his shade <06738>, and his fruit <06529> is sweet <04966> to my taste <02441>.
4The Beloved about Her Lover: He brought <0935> me into <0413> the banquet <03196> hall <01004>, and he looked at me lovingly <0160>.
5Sustain <05564> me with raisin cakes <0809>, refresh <07502> me with apples <08598>, for <03588> I <0589> am faint <02470> with love <0160>. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
6His left hand <08040> caresses <08478> my head <07218>, and his right hand <03225> stimulates <02263> me.
7The Beloved to the Maidens: I adjure <07650> you, O maidens <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>, by the gazelles <06643> and by the young does <0355> of the open fields <07704>: Do not <0518> awaken <05782> or <0176> arouse <05782> love <0160> until <05704> it pleases <02654>!
8The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen <06963>! My lover <01730> is approaching! Look <02009>! Here <02088> he comes <0935>, leaping <01801> over <05921> the mountains <02022>, bounding <07092> over <05921> the hills <01389>!
9My lover <01730> is like <01819> a gazelle <06643> or <0176> a young <06082> stag <0354>. Look <02009>! There <02088> he stands <05975> behind <0310> our wall <03796>, gazing <07688> through <04480> the window <02474>, peering <06692> through <04480> the lattice <02762>.
10The Lover to His Beloved: My lover <01730> spoke <06030> to me, saying <0559>: “Arise <06965>, my darling <07474>; My beautiful one <03303>, come away <01980> with me!
11Look <02009>! The winter <05638> has passed <05674>, the winter rains <01653> are over <02498> and gone <01980>.
12The pomegranates <05339> have appeared <07200> in the land <0776>, the time <06256> for pruning and singing <02158> has come <05060>; the voice <06963> of the turtledove <08449> is heard <08085> in our land <0776>.
13The fig tree <08384> has budded <02590>, the vines <01612> have blossomed <05563> and give <05414> off their fragrance <07381>. Arise <06965>, come away <01980> my darling <07474>; my beautiful <03303> one, come away <01980> with me!”
14The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove <03123>, in the clefts <02288> of the rock <05553>, in the hiding places <05643> of the mountain crags <04095>, let me see <07200> your face <04758>, let me hear <08085> your voice <06963>; for <03588> your voice <06963> is sweet <06156>, and your face <04758> is lovely <05000>.
15The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch <0270> the foxes <07776> for us, the little <06996> foxes <07776>, that ruin <02254> the vineyards <03754>– for our vineyard <03754> is in bloom <05563>.
16The Beloved about Her Lover <01730>: My lover is mine and I <0589> am his; he grazes <07462> among the lilies <07799>.
17The Beloved to Her Lover: Until <05704> the dawn <03117> arrives <06315> and the shadows <06752> flee <05127>, turn <05437>, my beloved <01730>– be like <01819> a gazelle <06643> or <0176> a young <06082> stag <0354> on <05921> the mountain <02022> gorges <01335>.