He

15 How beautiful(A) you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.(B)

She

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

He

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

She[a]

I am a rose[b](E) of Sharon,(F)
    a lily(G) of the valleys.

He

Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

She

Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved(H) among the young men.
I delight(I) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.(J)
Let him lead me to the banquet hall,(K)
    and let his banner(L) over me be love.
Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,(M)
    for I am faint with love.(N)
His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.(O)

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 2:1 Or He
  2. Song of Songs 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family
  3. Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.