1. I am the lily of the field {Heb. Sharon} and the rose of the valleys.
2. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the virgins.
3. As the apple tree among the trees of the wild, so is my beloved among the sons. I desired to sit under his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4. He brought me to the wine chamber and placed his banner of love over me.
5. Sustain me with flagons of wine, strengthen me with apples; for I am sick with love.
6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
7. I charge you, O ye virgins of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field that ye not awake nor stir up love, until he pleases.
8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.
9. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart; behold, he stands behind our wall; he looks through the windows, blossoming through the lattice.
10. My beloved spoke and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11. For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone;