# Song 2
## The Bride’s Admiration
*The Bride* {[[#^niv-22-02-a| niv-a ]]}
- 1 I am a rose {[[#^niv-22-02-b| niv-b ]]} of Sharon, {[[#^bsb-22-02-a| bsb-a ]]}
- a lily of the valley.
*The Bridegroom*
- 2 Like a lily among the thorns
- is my darling among the maidens.
*The Bride*
- 3 Like an apple {[[#^niv-22-02-c| niv-c ]]} tree among the trees of the forest
- is my beloved among the young men.
- I delight to sit in his shade,
- and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- 4 He has brought me to the house of wine, {[[#^bsb-22-02-b| bsb-b ]]}
- and his banner over me is love.
- 5 Sustain me with raisins;
- refresh me with apples,
- for I am faint with love.
- 6 His left hand is under my head,
- and his right arm embraces me.
- 7 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you
- by the gazelles and does of the field:
- Do not arouse or awaken love
- until the time is right.
- 8 Listen! My beloved approaches.
- Look! Here he comes,
- leaping across the mountains,
- bounding over the hills.
- 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
- Look, he stands behind our wall,
- gazing through the windows,
- peering through the lattice.
- 10 My beloved calls to me,
- “Arise, my darling.
- Come away with me, my beautiful one.
- 11 For now the winter is past;
- the rain is over and gone.
- 12 The flowers have appeared in the countryside;
- the season of singing {[[#^bsb-22-02-c| bsb-c ]]} has come,
- and the cooing of turtledoves
- is heard in our land.
- 13 The fig tree ripens its figs;
- the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
- Arise, come away, my darling;
- come away with me, my beautiful one.”
*The Bridegroom*
- 14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock,
- in the crevices of the cliff,
- let me see your face,
- let me hear your voice;
- for your voice is sweet,
- and your countenance is lovely.
*The Friends*
- 15 Catch for us the foxes —
- the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —
- for our vineyards are in bloom.
*The Bride*
- 16 My beloved is mine and I am his;
- he pastures his flock among the lilies.
- 17 Before the day breaks and shadows flee,
- turn, my beloved,
- and be like a gazelle
- or a young stag on the mountains of Bether. {[[#^bsb-22-02-d| bsb-d ]]}, {[[#^niv-22-02-d| niv-d ]]}
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### Footnotes:
- BSB
- 1 a Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel ^bsb-22-02-a
- 4 b That is, the banquet hall ^bsb-22-02-b
- 12 c Or pruning ^bsb-22-02-c
- 17 d Or the rugged mountains ^bsb-22-02-d
- NIV
- a 1 Or He ^niv-22-02-a
- b 1 Probably a member of the crocus family ^niv-22-02-b
- c 3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs ^niv-22-02-c
- d 17 ^niv-22-02-d
- NIV Translation: or like a young stag on the rugged hills.
- NIV Footnote: Or the hills of Bether
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