Song of Solomon 2, side by side

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

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

²Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

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

³Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

³As 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.

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

⁴He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

⁵Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

⁵Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

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

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

⁷O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

⁷I 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.

⁸Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

⁸The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

⁹My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

¹⁰My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

¹⁰My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

¹¹For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

¹¹For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

¹²The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

¹²The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

¹³The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

¹³The 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.

¹⁴O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

¹⁴O 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.

¹⁵Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.

¹⁵Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

¹⁶My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

¹⁷Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

¹⁷Until 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.