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# Chapter 2
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1 I am the rose of Sharon,
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And the lily of the valleys.
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2 Like a lily among thorns,
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So is my love among the daughters.
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3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,
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So is my beloved among the sons.
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I sat down in his shade with great delight,
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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 cakes of raisins,
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Refresh me with apples,
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For I am lovesick.
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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 charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
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By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
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Do not stir up nor 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 upon the mountains,
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Skipping upon the hills.
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9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
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Behold, he stands behind our wall;
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He is looking through the windows,
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Gazing through the lattice.
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10 My beloved spoke, and said to me:
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“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
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And come away.
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11 For lo, 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 puts forth her green figs,
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And the vines with the tender grapes
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Give a good smell.
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Rise up, my love, my fair 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 secret places 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 us the foxes,
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The little foxes that spoil the vines,
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For our vines have tender grapes.
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16 My beloved is mine, and I am his.
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He feeds his flock among the lilies.
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17 Until the day breaks
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And the shadows flee away,
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Turn, my beloved,
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And be like a gazelle
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Or a young stag
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Upon the mountains of Bether. |