Song of Songs 2
New International Version - Song of Songs 2 << | >> 12345678 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2:2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens. 2:3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. 2:4 He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. 2:5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. 2:6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. 2:7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. 2:8 Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. 2:9 My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. 2:10 My lover spoke and said to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. 2:11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. 2:12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. 2:13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.' 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 2:15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. 2:16 My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies. 2:17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.