The Bride’s Admiration The Bride 1 DRA I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys. BSB BSB: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
The Bridegroom 2 DRA 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 DRA As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, 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 DRA He brought me into the cellar of wine, he set in order charity in me. BSB BSB: He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
5 DRA Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love. BSB BSB: Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 DRA 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 DRA I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the, fields, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she 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 DRA The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills. BSB BSB: Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 DRA My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking 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 DRA Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come. BSB BSB: My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
11 DRA For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. BSB BSB: For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 DRA The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle 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 DRA The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and 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 DRA My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face 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 DRA Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished. BSB BSB: Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
The Bride 16 DRA My beloved to me, and I to him who feedeth among the lilies, BSB BSB: My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 DRA Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to 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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