Song 2

¹I am a rose of Sharon,2:1 Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel

²Like a lily among the thorns

³Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest

⁴He has brought me to the house of wine,2:4 That is, the banquet hall

⁵Sustain me with raisins;

⁶His left hand is under my head,

⁷O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you

⁸Listen! My beloved approaches.

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

¹⁰My beloved calls to me,

¹¹For now the winter is past;

¹²The flowers have appeared in the countryside;

¹³The fig tree ripens its figs;

¹⁴O my dove in the clefts of the rock,

¹⁵Catch for us the foxes—

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;

¹⁷Before the day breaks and shadows flee,