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.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:12 Or pruning

10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
“Arise, my love, my fair one,
    and come away,(A)
11 for now the winter is past,
    the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
    the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
    is heard in our land.(B)
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.(C)

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