Canticle of Canticles 2

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.	1 Bride: "I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys."
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.	2 Groom: "Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters."
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 Bride to Chorus: "Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate."
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.	4 "He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me."
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.	5 "Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love."
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.	6 "His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me."
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 Groom to Chorus: "I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills."
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.	8 Bride to Chorus: "The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills."
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.	9 "My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag."
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.	10 "Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices."
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;	11 "Lo, my beloved speaks to me:"
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 Groom to Bride: "Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance."
13 The fig tree putteth 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 "For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away."
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 "The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land."
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.	15 "The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance."
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.	16 "My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful."
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 Bride to Groom: "Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether."