Song 2:4 "He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love.
Song 2:5 "Sustain me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, Because I am lovesick.
Song 2:6 "Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."
Song 2:7 ¶ "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
Song 2:8 ¶ "Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping on the hills!
Song 2:9 "My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice.
Song 2:10 ¶ "My beloved responded and said to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.
Song 2:11 'For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.
Song 2:12 'The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
Song 2:13 'The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'"
Song 2:14 ¶ "O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your form, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your form is lovely."
Song 2:15 ¶ "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom."
Song 2:16 ¶ "My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies.
Song 2:17 "Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether."
Song 3:1 "On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
Song 3:2 'I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.
Song 3:3 "The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'
Song 3:4 "Scarcely had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who conceived me."
Song 3:5 ¶ "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you will not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."
Song 3:6 ¶ "What is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all scented powders of the merchant?