1 I am only a little rose or autumn crocus of the plain of Sharon, or a lily of the valleys.

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

2 B ut Solomon replied, Like the lily among thorns, so are you, my love, among the daughters.

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

3 L ike an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons! Under his shadow I delighted to sit, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

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.

4 H e brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.

5 S ustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.

Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

6 h is left hand under my head and his right hand embraces me!

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

7 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field that you not try to stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

8 T he voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

9 M y beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind the wall of our house, he looks in through the windows, he glances through the lattice.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

10 M y beloved speaks and says to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

11 F or, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;

12 T he flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

13 T he fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

14 O my dove, in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

15 T ake for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.

16 M y beloved is mine and I am his! He pastures his flocks among the lilies.

My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

17 U ntil the day breaks and the shadows flee away, return hastily, O my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart as you cover the mountains.

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.