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2:1  I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys.
2:2  Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.
2:3  Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
2:4  He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly.
2:5  Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
2:6  His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.
2:7  I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!
2:8  Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!
2:9  My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice.
2:10  My lover spoke to me, saying: "Arise, my darling; My beautiful one, come away with me!
2:11  Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.
2:12  The pomegranates have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
2:13  The fig tree has budded, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!"
2:14  O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
2:15  Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards--for our vineyard is in bloom.
2:16  My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
2:17  Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved--be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.