[1] "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys." [2] "As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters." [3] "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. [4] He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. [5] Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples; for I am sick with love. [6] His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. [7] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up nor awake my love till he please. [8] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. [9] My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall; he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. [10] My beloved spoke and said unto me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. [11] For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. [12] The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. [13] The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.'" [14] "O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." [15] "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes." [16] "My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feedeth among the lilies. [17] Until the day break and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
