Song of Solomon 2:1-13 CPDV

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1 Bride: I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.

2 Groom: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.

3 Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

4 He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.

5 Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

7 Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.

8 Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.

9 My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag. <V 2:10>Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.

10 Lo, my beloved speaks to me: <V 2:12>Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.

11 For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away.

12 The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

13 The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance.

Song of Solomon 2:1-13, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.

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