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¹ I am a rose^[a] of Sharon,
    ^(a)a lily of the valleys.

² As a lily among brambles,
    so is ^(b)my love among the young women.

³ As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
    so is my ^(c)beloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat ^(d)in his shadow,
    and his ^(e)fruit was sweet to my taste.
⁴ He ^(f)brought me to the banqueting house,^[b]
    and his ^(g)banner over me was love.
⁵ Sustain me with ^(h)raisins;
    refresh me with apples,
    ⁽ⁱ⁾for I am sick with love.
⁶ His ^(j)left hand is under my head,
    and his right hand ^(k)embraces me!
⁷ I ^(l)adjure you,^[c] O ^(m)daughters of Jerusalem,
    by ⁽ⁿ⁾the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

⁸ The voice of my beloved!
    Behold, he comes,
leaping ^(o)over the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.
⁹ My beloved is like ^(p)a gazelle
    or a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
    behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    looking through the lattice.
¹⁰ My beloved speaks and says to me:
^(q)"Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
¹¹ for behold, the winter is past;
    ^(r)the rain is over and gone.
^12 (s)The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing^[d] has come,
and the voice of ^(t)the turtledove
    is heard in our land.
^13 (u)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and ^(v)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
^(w)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.
¹⁴ O my ^(x)dove, in the ^(y)clefts of the rock,
    in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
    let me ^(z)hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is ^(aa)lovely.
¹⁵ Catch ^(ab)the foxes^[e] for us,
    the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
    ^(ac)for our vineyards are in blossom."

^16 (ad)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
    he ^(ae)grazes^[f] among the lilies.
¹⁷ Until ^(af)the day breathes
    and ^(ag)the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like ^(ah)a gazelle
    or a young stag on cleft mountains.^[g]