Canticle of Canticles 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	VULGATA
1 I am a flower of Sharon,	1 Ego flos campi, et lilium convallium.
2 As a lily among thorns,	2 (Sponsus)Sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter filias.
3 As an apple tree among the trees of the woods,	3 (Sponsa)Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum, sic dilectus meus inter filios. Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi, et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.
4 He brings me into the banquet hall	4 Introduxit me in cellam vinariam ; ordinavit in me caritatem.
5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes,	5 Fulcite me floribus, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo.
6 His left hand is under my head	6 Læva ejus sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me.
7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,	7 (Sponsus)Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, per capreas cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, quoadusque ipsa velit.
8 Hark! my lover-here he comes	8 (Sponsa)Vox dilecti mei ; ecce iste venit, saliens in montibus, transiliens colles.
9 My lover is like a gazelle	9 Similis est dilectus meus capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum, respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos.
10 My lover speaks; he says to me,	10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi. (Sponsus)Surge, propera, amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni :
11 "For see, the winter is past,	11 jam enim hiems transiit ; imber abiit, et recessit.
12 The flowers appear on the earth,	12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra ; tempus putationis advenit : vox turturis audita est in terra nostra ;
13 The fig tree puts forth its figs,	13 ficus protulit grossos suos ; vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum. Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni :
14 "O my dove in the clefts of the rock,	14 columba mea, in foraminibus petræ, in caverna maceriæ, ostende mihi faciem tuam, sonet vox tua in auribus meis : vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora.
15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes	15 (Sponsa)Capite nobis vulpes parvulas quæ demoliuntur vineas : nam vinea nostra floruit.
16 My lover belongs to me and I to him;	16 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia,
17 Until the day breathes cool and the shadows lengthen,	17 donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ. Revertere ; similis esto, dilecte mi, capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.