Song of Solomon 2:1-9 ▼

1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

2 Like a lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons; in his shade I have delighted and sat down, and his fruit is sweet to my palate.

4 He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me was love.

5 Sustain me with raisin-cakes, refresh me with apples—for I am sick with love.

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

7 I adjure you?, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field—do not arouse or awaken love, until it pleases.

8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, this one is coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

9 My beloved is being like to a gazelle, or to a young stag of the deer. Behold, this one is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.