| 2 | Song of Songs | Passage |
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| 1 |
-I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys. |
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| 2 |
-As a lily among the thistles, so is my beloved among girls. |
He. Sg.2.2
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| 3 |
-As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my love among young men. In his delightful shade I sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. |
She. Sg.2.3-7
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| 4 |
He has taken me to his cellar, and his banner over me is love. |
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| 5 |
Feed me with raisin cakes, restore me with apples, for I am sick with love. |
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| 6 |
His left arm is under my head, his right embraces me. |
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| 7 |
-I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by all gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases. |
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| 8 |
BELOVED: I hear my love. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
The second song. She. Sg.2.8-10
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| 9 |
My love is like a gazelle, like a young stag. See where he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the window, he peers through the opening. |
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| 10 |
My love lifts up his voice, he says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come. |
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| 11 |
For see, winter is past, the rains are over and gone. |
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| 12 |
'Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land. |
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| 13 |
The fig tree is forming its first figs and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come. |
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| 14 |
'My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock, in the coverts of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.' |
He. Sg.2.14-15
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| 15 |
Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that make havoc of the vineyards, for our vineyards are in fruit. |
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| 16 |
My love is mine and I am his. He pastures his flock among the lilies. |
She. Sg.2.16-3.5
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| 17 |
Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, return! Be, my love, like a gazelle, like a young stag, on the mountains of Bether. |
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