The Bride’s Admiration The Bride 1 WBS I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. BSB BSB: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
The Bridegroom 2 WBS 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 WBS As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was 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 WBS He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. BSB BSB: He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
5 WBS Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick with love. BSB BSB: Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6 WBS 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 WBS I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not, 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 WBS 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 WBS My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself 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 WBS My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise, 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 WBS For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. BSB BSB: For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
12 WBS The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and 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 WBS The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. 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 WBS O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, 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 WBS Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have 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 WBS My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. BSB BSB: My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 WBS Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe 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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