Song of Songs 2:3-13

New International Version

She

³Like an apple^[a] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved^(A) among the young men.
I delight^(B) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(C)
⁴Let him lead me to the banquet hall,^(D)
    and let his banner^(E) over me be love.
⁵Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,^(F)
    for I am faint with love.^(G)
⁶His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.^(H)
⁷Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(I)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(J)

⁸Listen! My beloved!
    Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.^(K)
⁹My beloved is like a gazelle^(L) or a young stag.^(M)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.
¹⁰My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.
¹¹See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
¹²Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;^(N)
    the blossoming^(O) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs

Song of Songs 5:10-16

New International Version

She

¹⁰My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.^(A)
¹¹His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
¹²His eyes are like doves^(B)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,^(C)
    mounted like jewels.
¹³His cheeks^(D) are like beds of spice^(E)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies^(F)
    dripping with myrrh.^(G)
¹⁴His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.^(H)
¹⁵His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,^(I)
    choice as its cedars.
¹⁶His mouth^(J) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,^(K) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.^(L)