Song of Songs 1:16-2:1

New International Version

She

¹⁶How handsome you are, my beloved!^(A)
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.

He

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars;^(B)
our rafters are firs.

She^[a]

2 I am a rose^[b]^(C) of Sharon,^(D)
a lily^(E) of the valleys.

Footnotes

Song of Songs 2:1 Or He
Song of Songs 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family

Song of Songs 2:12-17

New International Version

¹²Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;^(A)
    the blossoming^(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

He

¹⁴My dove^(C) in the clefts of the rock,
    in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
    let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is lovely.^(D)
¹⁵Catch for us the foxes,^(E)
    the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,^(F)
    our vineyards that are in bloom.^(G)

She

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;^(H)
    he browses among the lilies.^(I)
¹⁷Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,^(J)
turn, my beloved,^(K)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag^(L)
    on the rugged hills.^[a]^(M)