001 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
002 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
003 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.
004 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
005 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
006 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
007 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
008 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
009 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.
010 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
011 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
012 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;
013 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.
014 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.
015 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
016 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
017 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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