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# Chapter 2
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1 I am a rose of Sharon,
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a lily of the valleys.
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2 As a lily among brambles,
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so is my love among the young women.
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3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
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so is my beloved among the young men.
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With great delight I sat in his shadow,
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and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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4 He brought me to the banqueting house,
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and his banner over me was love.
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5 Sustain me with raisins;
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refresh me with apples,
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for I am sick with love.
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6 His left hand is under my head,
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and his right hand embraces me!
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7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
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by the gazelles or the does of the field,
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that you not stir up or awaken love
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until it pleases.
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8 The voice of my beloved!
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Behold, he comes,
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leaping over the mountains,
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bounding over the hills.
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9 My beloved is like a gazelle
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or a young stag.
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Behold, there he stands
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behind our wall,
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gazing through the windows,
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looking through the lattice.
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10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
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“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
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and come away,
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11 for behold, the winter is past;
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the rain is over and gone.
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12 The flowers appear on the earth,
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the time of singing has come,
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and the voice of the turtledove
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is heard in our land.
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13 The fig tree ripens its figs,
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and the vines are in blossom;
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they give forth fragrance.
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Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
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and come away.
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14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
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in the crannies of the cliff,
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let me see your face,
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let me hear your voice,
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for your voice is sweet,
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and your face is lovely.
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15 Catch the foxes for us,
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the little foxes
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that spoil the vineyards,
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for our vineyards are in blossom.”
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16 My beloved is mine, and I am his;
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he grazes among the lilies.
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17 Until the day breathes
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and the shadows flee,
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turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
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or a young stag on cleft mountains. |