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The Young Woman’s Love for Her Beloved

[ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

Who is this young woman coming from the wilderness
with her arm around her beloved?

[ BRIDE ]

Under the apple tree I woke you up.
There your mother went into labor with you.
There she went into labor
and gave birth to you!

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Friends

Who is this coming up from the wilderness(A)
    leaning on her beloved?

She

Under the apple tree I roused you;
    there your mother conceived(B) you,
    there she who was in labor gave you birth.

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Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

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Love Renewed in Lebanon

A Relative

(A)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?

I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.

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