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2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2:2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens. 2:3 As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his intention toward me was love. 2:5 Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love. 2:6 O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me! 2:7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready! 2:8 The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. 2:10 My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; 2:11 for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. 2:13 The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 2:14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 2:15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards-- for our vineyards are in blossom." 2:16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies. 2:17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on the cleft mountains.