3
W Like an apricot(d) 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.
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5
6
7 so is my love among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Young 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.(i)(F)
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.(i)(F)
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11
Listen! My love is approaching.
Look! Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,(G)
bounding over the hills.
9 Look! Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,(G)
bounding over the hills.
My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag.(H)
Look, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 or a young stag.(H)
Look, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
My love calls to me:
11
For now the winter is past;
the rain has ended and gone away.
12
13 the rain has ended and gone away.
The fig tree ripens its figs;(K)
the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.(L)
Arise, my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.(L)
Arise, my darling.
Come away, my beautiful one.
14
My dove,(M) in the clefts of the rock,(N)
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,(k)
let me hear your voice;(O)
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.(P)
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,(k)
let me hear your voice;(O)
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.(P)
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17
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Before the day breaks(l)
and the shadows flee,
turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag(T) on the divided mountains.(m)(U)
and the shadows flee,
turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelle
or a young stag(T) on the divided mountains.(m)(U)
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Footnotes:
a.
Song of Solomon 2:1: Or meadow saffron
b.
Song of Solomon 2:1: Not the modern flower but a common wildflower in northern Israel
c.
Song of Solomon 2:1: Or lotus
d.
Song of Solomon 2:3: Or apple
e.
Song of Solomon 2:4: Lit the house of wine
f.
Song of Solomon 2:4: Or and his banner over me is love
g.
Song of Solomon 2:5: Or apples
h.
Song of Solomon 2:6: Or Let his left hand be under . . . and his right arm embrace me
i.
Song of Solomon 2:7: Lit until it pleases
j.
Song of Solomon 2:12: Or pruning
k.
Song of Solomon 2:14: Or form
l.
Song of Solomon 2:17: Lit breathes
m.
Song of Solomon 2:17: Or the Bether mountains, or the mountains of spices; Hb obscure