The Bride’s Admiration The Bride 1 Brenton I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys. BSB BSB: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
The Bridegroom 2 Brenton As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters. BSB BSB: Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
The Bride 3 Brenton As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat. BSB BSB: Like 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.
4 Brenton Bring me into the wine house; set love before me. BSB BSB: He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
5 Brenton Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love. BSB BSB: Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 Brenton His left hand shall be under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me. BSB BSB: His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 Brenton I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake my love, until he please. BSB BSB: O 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.
8 Brenton The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. BSB BSB: Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 Brenton My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bæthel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices. BSB BSB: My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
10 Brenton My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove. BSB BSB: My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
11 Brenton For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed. BSB BSB: For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 Brenton The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land. BSB BSB: The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
13 Brenton The fig-tree has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come. BSB BSB: The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
The Bridegroom 14 Brenton Thou art my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful.BSB BSB: O 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.
The Friends 15 Brenton Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes. BSB BSB: Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
The Bride 16 Brenton My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies. BSB BSB: My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 Brenton Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines. BSB BSB: Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
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