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Song of Solomon 2 (AMP)

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¹ I am only a little rose or autumn crocus of the plain of Sharon, or a lily of the valleys . ² But Solomon replied, Like the lily among thorns, so are you, my love, among the daughters. ³ Like 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. ⁴ He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love . ⁵ Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. ⁶ his left hand under my head and his right hand embraces 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. ⁸ The voice of my beloved ! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. ⁹ My 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. ¹⁰ My beloved speaks and says to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. ¹¹ For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. ¹² The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. ¹³ The 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. 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. ¹⁵ Take for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards , for our vineyards are in blossom. ¹⁶ My beloved is mine and I am his! He pastures his flocks among the lilies. ¹⁷ Until 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 .