Song of Solomon 2

Revised Geneva Translation

2 “I am the rose of the field, the lily of the valleys.”

² “Like a lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”

³ “Like the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my well-beloved among the sons of men. Under his shadow I had delight and sat down. And his fruit was sweet to my mouth.”

⁴ “He brought me into the wine cellar. And love was his banner over me.

⁵ “Sustain me with raisins, and comfort me with apples. For I am lovesick.

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

⁷ “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you neither stir up nor awaken my love until she pleases.”

⁸ “It is the voice of my well-beloved. Behold, he comes leaping by the mountains, and skipping by the hills.

⁹ “My well-beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Lo, he stands behind our wall, looking forth from the windows, showing himself through the grates.

¹⁰ “My well-beloved spoke and said to me, ‘Arise, my love, my fair one, and come your way.

¹¹ ‘For behold, winter has passed. The rain has ended and has gone away.

¹² ‘The flowers appear on the Earth. The time of the singing of birds has come. And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

¹³ ‘The fig tree has brought forth her young figs. And the vines, with small grapes, have cast a savor. Arise my love, my fair one, and come away.’

¹⁴ “My dove, who is in the holes of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me catch sight of you. Let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet and your face comely.”

¹⁵ “Take us, the foxes, the little foxes who destroy the vines. For our vines have small grapes.”

¹⁶ “My well-beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds among the lilies,

¹⁷ “until the day breaks and the shadows flee away. Return, my well-beloved! Be like a gazelle, or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether!”