1I'm just a flower from the plain of Sharon, a lily found in the valleys.

2Just as a lily stands out among the brambles, so you, my darling, stand out among other women.

3My love is like an apple tree ¹⁵among the forest trees, compared to other young men. I love to sit down in his shade and his fruit tastes sweet to me.

4He took me to drink of his wine, ¹⁶wanting to show his love for me. ¹⁷

5Feed me raisins to give me energy, give me apples to revive me, for love has made me weak! ¹⁸

6He supports my head with his left hand, and holds me close with his right.

7Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb ¹⁹our love until the right time.

8Listen! I hear the voice of my love! Look! Here he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping over the hills—

9my love is like a gazelle or a young deer! Look, he's there, standing behind our wall, looking through the window, peering through the screen.

10My love calls out to me, “Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me! Just look!

11Winter has finished; the rains are over and gone.

12Flowers are blooming everywhere; the time when birds sing has come; the call of the turtledove is heard in the countryside. ²⁰

13Fig trees start producing ripe fruit, while grape vines blossom, giving off their fragrance. Get up, my darling, my beautiful girl, and come away with me!”

14My dove is out of sight in the crevices of the rock, in the hiding places of the cliff. Please let me see you! Let me hear you! For you speak so sweetly, and you look so beautiful!

15Catch the foxes ²¹for us, all the little foxes that come and destroy the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom! ²²

16My love is mine, and I am his! He feeds ²³among the lilies,

17until the morning breezes blow and the shadows disappear. Come back to me, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the split mountains. ²⁴