Song of Songs 2

Christian Standard Bible

2 I am a wildflower^[a] of Sharon,
a lily^[b] of the valleys.^(A)

² Like a lily among thorns,
so is my darling among the young women.

³ Like an apricot^[c] tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my love among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
⁴ He brought me to the banquet hall,^[d](B)
and he looked on me with love.^[e](C)
5 Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apricots,^[f]
for I am lovesick.^(D)
6 May his left hand be under my head,
and his right arm embrace me.^(E)
7 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.^[g](F)

Arise,^(I) my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
¹¹ For now the winter is past;
the rain has ended and gone away.
¹² The blossoms appear in the countryside.
The time of singing^[h] has come,
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.^(J)
13 The fig tree ripens its figs;^(K)
the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.^(L)
Arise, my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.

^15 [j]Catch the foxes for us^(Q)—
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—
for our vineyards are in bloom.^(R)

¹⁶ My love is mine and I am his;^(S)
he feeds among the lilies.
¹⁷ Until the day breaks^[k]
and the shadows flee,
turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag^(T) on the divided mountains.^[l](U)