[[Song of Solomon 1|<< Song of Solomon 1]] | [[Song of Solomon|Song of Solomon]] | [[Song of Solomon 3|Song of Solomon 3 >>]] ### Song of Solomon 2 1 I _AM_ the rose of Sharon, _and_ the lily of the valleys. ^1 2 As the lily among thorns, so _is_ my love among the daughters. ^2 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so _is_ my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit _was_ sweet to my taste. ^3 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me _was_ love. ^4 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I _am_ sick of love. ^5 6 His left hand _is_ under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. ^6 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake _my_ love, till he please. ^7 8 ¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. ^8 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. ^9 10 My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. ^10 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over _and_ gone; ^11 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing _of_ _birds_ is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; ^12 13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines _with_ the tender grape give a _good_ smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. ^13 14 ¶ O my dove, _that_ _art_ in the clefts of the rock, in the secret _places_ of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet _is_ thy voice, and thy countenance _is_ comely. ^14 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines _have_ tender grapes. ^15 16 ¶ My beloved _is_ mine, and I _am_ his: he feeds among the lilies. ^16 17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. ^17