Song of Songs 2:5-15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ Sustain me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,
    for I am faint with love.^(A)
6 O that his left hand were under my head
    and that his right hand embraced me!^(B)
7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
    until it is ready!^(C)

⁸ The voice of my beloved!
    Look, he comes,
leaping upon the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.^(D)
9 My beloved is like a gazelle
    or a young stag.
Look, there he stands
    behind our wall,
gazing in at the windows,
    looking through the lattice.^(E)
10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
“Arise, my love, my fair one,
    and come away,^(F)
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.^(G)
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.^(H)
14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
    in the covert of the cliff,
let me see your face;
    let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is lovely.^(I)
15 Catch us the foxes,
    the little foxes,
that ruin the vineyards—
    for our vineyards are in blossom.”^(J)