² As a lily among brambles,
    so is ^(A)my love among the young women.

¹⁰ My beloved speaks and says to me:
^(A)“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
¹¹ for behold, the winter is past;
    ^(B)the rain is over and gone.
^12 (C)The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing^[a] has come,
and the voice of ^(D)the turtledove
    is heard in our land.
^13 (E)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and ^(F)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
^(G)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.
¹⁴ O my ^(H)dove, in the ^(I)clefts of the rock,
    in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
    let me ^(J)hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is ^(K)lovely.
¹⁵ Catch ^(L)the foxes^[b] for us,
    the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
    ^(M)for our vineyards are in blossom.”