Song of Solomon 2
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. |
| 2 | As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. |
| 3 | As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. Under its shadow I delighted to sit, And its fruit was sweet to my taste. |
| 4 | He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me is love. |
| 5 | ’Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; For I am love-sick.’ |
| 6 | Let his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me. |
| 7 | ’I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.’ |
| 8 | Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. |
| 9 | My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, He peereth 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 singing is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; |
| 13 | The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. |
| 14 | O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, 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 vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.’ |
| 16 | My beloved is mine, and I am his, That feedeth among the lilies. |
| 17 | Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. |
| 18 | — |