1 GLT I{ am} a flower of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. BSB BSB: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
2 GLT Like a lily among thorns, so{ is} my darling among the daughters. BSB BSB: Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
3 GLT Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so{ is} my beloved among the sons. In his shadow, I passionately desired and I will sit, and his fruit{ is} 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 GLT He 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 GLT Sustain me with raisin cakes; refresh me with apples, for sick with love{ am} I. BSB BSB: Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 GLT His left hand{ is} under my head, and his right hand embraces me. BSB BSB: His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7 GLT I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the female gazelles or the does of the fields— do not awaken nor stir love until it desires. 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 GLT The voice of my beloved! Look, this one is coming, leaping over the mountains, jumping over the hills. BSB BSB: Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 GLT My beloved is resembling a gazelle or a young stag. Look, this one is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking 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 GLT My beloved answered and said to me,“Get up, my darling, my beauty, and walk, BSB BSB: My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
11 GLT for, look, the winter has gone; the rain has passed; it went away. BSB BSB: For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 GLT The blossoms have appeared in the land; the time of pruning has struck and the voice of the turtledove 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 GLT The fig tree ripens its figs and the vines{ are in} blossom; they give off a smell. Get up, go, my darling, my beauty, and go. 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.”
14 GLT My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the cliff, show me your appearance, make me hear your voice, for your voice{ is} sweet, and your appearance{ is} lovely. 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.
15 GLT Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that destroy the vineyards, and our vineyards{ are in} blossom.” BSB BSB: Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
16 GLT My beloved{ belongs} to me and I{ belong} to him, the man grazing among the lilies. BSB BSB: My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 GLT Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn; resemble, my beloved, a gazelle or a young stag on 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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