Cantar de los Cantares 2
New American Bible ›1I am a flower of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
2G As a lily among thorns, so is my beloved among women.
3B As an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my lover among men. I delight to rest in his shadow, and his fruit is sweet to my mouth.
4He brings me into the banquet hall and his emblem over me is love.
5Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6His left hand is under my head and his right arm embraces me.
7I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and hinds of the field, Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time.
8B Hark! my lover-here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills.
9My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Here he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.
10My lover speaks; he says to me, Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!
11For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone.
12The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land.
13The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance. Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!
14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the secret recesses of the cliff, Let me see you, let me hear your voice, For your voice is sweet, and you are lovely.
15B Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!
16My lover belongs to me and I to him; he browses among the lilies.
17Until the day breathes cool and the shadows lengthen, roam, my lover, Like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.