1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Compare verse
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Compare verse
3 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. Compare verse
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Compare verse
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. Compare verse
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me. Compare verse
7 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. Compare verse
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. Compare verse
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. Compare verse
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Compare verse
11 For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; Compare verse
12 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; Compare verse
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Compare verse
14 O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely. Compare verse
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Compare verse
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies. Compare verse
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether. Compare verse