Canticle of Canticles 2

New Jerusalem Bible	Nova Vulgata
¹ -I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the val eys.	¹ Ego flos campi et lilium convallium.
² -As a lily among the thistles, so is my beloved among girls.	² Sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter filias.
³ -As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my love among young men. In his delightful shadeI sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.	³ Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum, sic dilectus meus inter filios. Sub umbra illius, quem desideraveram, sedi, et fructus eius dulcis gutturi meo.
⁴ He has taken me to his cel ar, and his banner over me is love.	⁴ Introduxit me in cellam vinariam, et vexillum eius super me est caritas.
⁵ Feed me with raisin cakes, restore me with apples, for I am sick with love.	⁵ Fulcite me uvarum placentis, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo.
⁶ His left arm is under my head, his right embraces me.	⁶ Laeva eius sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexatur me.
⁷ -I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by al gazel es and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake mybeloved before she pleases.	⁷ Adiuro vos, filiae Ierusalem, per capreas cervasque camporum, ne suscitetis neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, quoadusque ipsa velit.
⁸ BELOVED: I hear my love. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills.	⁸ Vox dilecti mei! Ecce iste venit saliens in montibus, transiliens colles.
⁹ My love is like a gazel e, like a young stag. See where he stands behind our wal . He looks in at thewindow, he peers through the opening.	⁹ Similis est dilectus meus capreae hinnuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos.
¹⁰ My love lifts up his voice, he says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.	¹⁰ En dilectus meus loquitur mihi: “ Surge, amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni.
¹¹ For see, winter is past, the rains are over and gone.	¹¹ Iam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit.
¹² 'Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledoveis heard in our land.	¹² Flores apparuerunt in terra, tempus putationis advenit; vox turturis audita est in terra nostra,
¹³ The fig tree is forming its first figs and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. Come then, mybeloved, my lovely one, come.	¹³ ficus protulit grossos suos, vineae florentes dederunt odorem suum; surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni,
¹⁴ 'My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock, in the coverts of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear yourvoice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.'	¹⁴ columba mea, in foraminibus petrae, in caverna abrupta. Ostende mihi faciem tuam, sonet vox tua in auribus meis; vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora ”.
¹⁵ Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that make havoc of the vineyards, for our vineyards are in fruit.	¹⁵ Capite nobis vulpes, vulpes parvulas, quae demoliuntur vineas, nam vineae nostrae florescunt.
¹⁶ My love is mine and I am his. He pastures his flock among the lilies.	¹⁶ Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia,
¹⁷ Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, return! Be, my love, like a gazel e, like a youngstag, on the mountains of Bether.	¹⁷ antequam aspiret dies, et festinent umbrae. Revertere; similis esto, dilecte mi, capreae hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.