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1. I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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1. I H589 am the rose H2261 of Sharon H8289 , and the lily H7799 of the valleys H6010 .
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2. As a lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters.
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2. As the lily H7799 among H996 thorns H2336 , so H3651 is my love H7474 among H996 the daughters H1323 .
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3. As the apple among the trees of the forest, so is my Beloved among the sons. I delighted in His shadow, and I sat down; and His fruit was sweet to my taste.
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3. As the apple tree H8598 among the trees H6086 of the wood H3293 , so H3651 is my beloved H1730 among H996 the sons H1121 . I sat down H3427 under his shadow H6738 with great delight H2530 , and his fruit H6529 was sweet H4966 to my taste H2441 .
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4. He brought me to the house of wine, and His banner over me was love.
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4. He brought H935 me to H413 the banqueting H3196 house H1004 , and his banner H1714 over H5921 me was love H160 .
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5. Feed me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.
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5. Stay H5564 me with flagons H809 , comfort H7502 me with apples H8598 : for H3588 I H589 am sick H2470 of love H160 .
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6. His left hand is under my head, and His right hand embraces me.
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6. His left hand H8040 is under H8478 my head H7218 , and his right hand H3225 doth embrace H2263 me.
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7. I adjure you by the gazelles, and by the does of the field, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you do not stir up and do not awaken the Love until it pleases.
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7. I charge H7650 you , O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , by the roes H6643 , and H176 by the hinds H355 of the field H7704 , that ye stir not up H518 H5782 , nor H518 awake H5782 H853 my love H160 , till he please H7945 H2654 .
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8. The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
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8. The voice H6963 of my beloved H1730 ! behold H2009 , he H2088 cometh H935 leaping H1801 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , skipping H7092 upon H5921 the hills H1389 .
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9. My Beloved is likened to a gazelle, or to a young deer, the stag. Behold, He stands behind our wall, looking from the windows, peering from the lattice.
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9. My beloved H1730 is like H1819 a roe H6643 or H176 a young H6082 hart H354 : behold H2009 , he H2088 standeth H5975 behind H310 our wall H3796 , he looketh forth H7688 at H4480 the windows H2474 , showing himself H6692 through H4480 the lattice H2762 .
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10. My Beloved answered and said to me, Arouse yourself, My love, My beautiful one, and come away.
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10. My beloved H1730 spoke H6030 , and said H559 unto me , Rise up H6965 , my love H7474 , my fair one H3303 , and come away H1980 .
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11. For, behold, the winter has passed, the rain has passed, it goes to itself.
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11. For H3588 , lo H2009 , the winter H5638 is past H5674 , the rain H1653 is over H2498 and gone H1980 ;
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12. The flowers are seen on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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12. The flowers H5339 appear H7200 on the earth H776 ; the time H6256 of the singing H2158 of birds is come H5060 , and the voice H6963 of the turtle H8449 is heard H8085 in our land H776 ;
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13. The fig tree spices her unripe figs, and the vines give a fragrance by the blossom. Arise, My love; come, My beautiful one, and come yourself.
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13. The fig tree H8384 putteth forth H2590 her green figs H6291 , and the vines H1612 with the tender grape H5563 give H5414 a good smell H7381 . Arise H6965 , my love H7474 , my fair one H3303 , and come away H1980 .
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14. My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secrecy of the steep place, let Me see your form. Let Me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your form is beautiful.
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14. O my dove H3123 , that art in the clefts H2288 of the rock H5553 , in the secret H5643 places of the stairs H4095 , let me see H7200 H853 thy countenance H4758 , let me hear H8085 H853 thy voice H6963 ; for H3588 sweet H6156 is thy voice H6963 , and thy countenance H4758 is comely H5000 .
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15. Take for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, even our vineyards with blossoms.
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15. Take H270 us the foxes H7776 , the little H6996 foxes H7776 , that spoil H2254 the vines H3754 : for our vines H3754 have tender grapes H5563 .
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16. My Beloved is mine, and I am His. He feeds among the lilies.
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16. My beloved H1730 is mine , and I H589 am his : he feedeth H7462 among the lilies H7799 .
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17. Until when does the day blow, and the shadows flee away? Turn, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the cleft mountains.
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17. Until H5704 the day H7945 H3117 break H6315 , and the shadows H6752 flee away H5127 , turn H5437 , my beloved H1730 , and be thou like H1819 a roe H6643 or H176 a young H6082 hart H354 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 of Bether H1336 .
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