10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;(A)
    the blossoming(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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The Lover

10 My beloved spoke to me:
    “Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on.
11 Look! Winter is past.
    The rain is over and gone.
12 Blossoms have appeared in the land.
    The season of songbirds[a] has arrived,
        and cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree has produced its fruit,[b]
    the grapevines have blossomed and exude their fragrance.

“Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come on.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:12 Or for pruning
  2. Song of Solomon 2:13 Lit. has ripened