Song of Songs 2
2
1I am a wildflower # 2:1 Traditionally rose of Sharon,
a lily # 2:1 Or lotus of the valleys. # 2:1 Sg 5:13; 7:2; Hs 14:5
Man
2Like a lily among thorns,
so is my darling among the young women.
Woman
3Like an apricot # 2:3 Or apple 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.
4He brought me to the banquet hall, # 2:4 Lit the house of wine,# 2:4 Sg 1:4
and he looked on me with love. # 2:4 Or and his banner over me is love,# 2:4 Ps 20:5
5Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apricots, # 2:5 Or apples
for I am lovesick. # 2:5 Sg 5:8
6May his left hand be under my head,
and his right arm embrace me. # 2:6 Sg 8:3
7Young 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. # 2:7 Lit until it pleases,# 2:7 Sg 3:5; 5:8; 8:4
8Listen! My love is approaching.
Look! Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains, # 2:8 Is 52:7
bounding over the hills.
9My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag. # 2:9 Sg 2:17; 8:14
See, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10My love calls to me:
Man
Arise, # 2:10 Sg 2:13 my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
11For now the winter is past;
the rain has ended and gone away.
12The blossoms appear in the countryside.
The time of singing # 2:12 Or pruning has come,
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land. # 2:12 Jr 8:7
13The fig tree ripens its figs; # 2:13 Mt 24:32
the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. # 2:13 Sg 7:12
Arise, my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
14My dove, # 2:14 Sg 5:2; 6:9 in the clefts of the rock, # 2:14 Jr 48:28
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face, # 2:14 Or form
let me hear your voice; # 2:14 Sg 8:13
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely. # 2:14 Sg 1:5
Woman # 2:15 The speaker could be the woman, the man, or both.
15Catch the foxes for us # 2:15 Ezk 13:4 —
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —
for our vineyards are in bloom. # 2:15 Sg 2:13
Woman
16My love is mine and I am his; # 2:16 Sg 6:3; 7:10; 8:6
he feeds among the lilies.
17Until the day breaks # 2:17 Lit breathes
and the shadows flee,
turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag # 2:17 Sg 2:9 on the divided mountains. # 2:17 Or the Bether mountains, or the mountains of spices; Hb obscure,# 2:17 Sg 4:5–6; 8:14
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