² “^[c]Like a lily among the thorns,
So is my darling among the ^[d]maidens.”

³ “^[e]Like an ^[f]apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the ^[g]young men.
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet to my ^[h]taste.
⁴ “He has brought me to his ^[i]banquet hall,
And his banner over me is love.
⁵ “Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with ^[j]apples,
Because I am lovesick.
⁶ “Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

⁷ “^[k]I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you do not arouse or awaken my love
Until ^[l]she pleases.”

⁸ “^[m]Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Climbing on the mountains,
Leaping on the hills!
⁹ “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young ^[n]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering through the lattice.

¹⁰ “My beloved responded and said to me,
‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
¹¹ ‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
¹² ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for ^[o]pruning the vines,
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
¹³ ‘The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”

¹⁴ “^[p]O my dove, in the clefts of the ^[q]rock,
In the secret place of the steep ^[r]pathway,
Let me see your ^[s]form,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your ^[t]form is lovely.”

¹⁵ “^[u]Catch the foxes for us,
The ^[v]little foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

¹⁶ “^[w]My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
¹⁷ “Until ^[x]the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of ^[y]Bether.”