Canticle of Canticles 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Bride: "I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys."	1 I am a flower of Sharon,
2 Groom: "Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters."	2 As a lily among thorns,
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 woods,
4 "He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me."	4 He brings me into the banquet hall
5 "Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love."	5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes,
6 "His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me."	6 His left hand is under my head
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, daughters of Jerusalem,
8 Bride to Chorus: "The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills."	8 Hark! my lover-here he comes
9 "My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag."	9 My lover is like a gazelle
10 "Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices."	10 My lover speaks; he says to me,
11 "Lo, my beloved speaks to me:"	11 "For see, the winter is past,
12 Groom to Bride: "Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance."	12 The flowers appear on the earth,
13 "For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away."	13 The fig tree puts forth its figs,
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,
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
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 lover belongs to me and I to him;
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 cool and the shadows lengthen,