1. I’m a rose of the Sharon plain,a lily of the valleys.[Man]
2. Like a lily among thornbushes,so is my dearest among the young women.[Woman]
3. Like an apple tree among the wild trees,so is my lover among the young men.In his shade I take pleasure in sitting,and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4. He has brought me to the house of wine;his banner raised over me is love.
5. Sustain me with raisin cakes,strengthen me with apples,for I’m weak with love!
6. His left arm is beneath my head,his right embraces me.
7. Make a solemn pledge, daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or the wild deer:Don’t rouse, don’t arouse loveuntil it desires.
8. Listen! It’s my lover: here he comes now,leaping upon the mountains,bounding over the hills.
9. My lover is like a gazelleor a young stag.Here he stands now,outside our wall,peering through the windows,peeking through the lattices.