Canticle of Canticles 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Bride: "I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys."	1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2 Groom: "Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters."	2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
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."	3 As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 "He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me."	4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 "Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love."	5 Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love.
6 "His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me."	6 O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
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."	7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
8 Bride to Chorus: "The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills."	8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 "My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag."	9 My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
10 "Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices."	10 My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
11 "Lo, my beloved speaks to me:"	11 for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
12 Groom to Bride: "Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance."	12 The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
13 "For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away."	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.
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."	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 comely.
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."	15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."
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."	16 My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures his flock among the lilies.
17 Bride to Groom: "Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether."	17 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle, or a young stag upon rugged mountains.