The Bride’s Admiration The Bride 1 DBY I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. BSB BSB: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
The Bridegroom 2 DBY As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. BSB BSB: Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
The Bride 3 DBY As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste. 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 DBY He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love. BSB BSB: He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
5 DBY Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love. BSB BSB: Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 DBY His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. BSB BSB: His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 DBY I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till 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 DBY The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. BSB BSB: Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 DBY My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice. 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 DBY My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. BSB BSB: My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
11 DBY For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone: BSB BSB: For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 DBY The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is 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 DBY The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come 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 DBY My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 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 DBY Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom. BSB BSB: Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
The Bride 16 DBY My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies, BSB BSB: My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 DBY Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, 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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