The Bride’s Admiration The Bride 1 CPDV Bride: I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys. BSB BSB: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
The Bridegroom 2 CPDV Groom: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters. BSB BSB: Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
The Bride 3 CPDV Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate. 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 CPDV He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me. BSB BSB: He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
5 CPDV Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love. BSB BSB: Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 CPDV His left hand is 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 CPDV Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills. 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 CPDV Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills. BSB BSB: Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 CPDV My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag. 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 CPDV Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices. BSB BSB: My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
11 CPDV Lo, my beloved speaks to me: BSB BSB: For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 CPDV Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance. 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 CPDV For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away. 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 CPDV The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. 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 CPDV The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance. BSB BSB: Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
The Bride 16 CPDV My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful. BSB BSB: My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 CPDV Chorus to Groom and Bride: Capture for us the little foxes, which are tearing down the vines; for our vineyard has flourished. Bride to Chorus: My beloved is for me, and I am for him. He pastures among the lilies, until the day rises and the shadows decline. Bride to Groom: Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether. 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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