Song of Solomon 2

2 ¹ I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. ² As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. ³ As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shade, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. ⁴ He brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me was love. ⁵ Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. ⁶ His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. ⁷ I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field: don't stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

⁸ The voice of my beloved! He comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. ⁹ My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice. ¹⁰ My beloved says to me: Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, ¹¹ for the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. ¹² The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. ¹³ The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. ¹⁴ My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. ¹⁵ Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom. ¹⁶ My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. ¹⁷ Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.