Listen! My love is approaching.
Look! Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,(A)
bounding over the hills.
My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag.(B)
See, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.

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Rendezvous in the Countryside

The voice of my beloved!
    Look! Here he[a] comes leaping upon the mountains,
        bounding over the hills!
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.[b]
    Look! He is[c] standing behind our wall,
gazing through[d] the window,
    looking through[e] the lattice.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:8 Literally “this one”
  2. Song of Solomon 2:9 Literally “the fawn of the stag”
  3. Song of Solomon 2:9 Literally “This is he
  4. Song of Solomon 2:9 Literally “from”
  5. Song of Solomon 2:9 Literally “from”