1. I {cf15I am} the rose of Sharon, {cf15I and} the lily of the valleys.
2. As the lily among thorns, so {cf15I is} my love among the daughters.
3. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so {cf15I is} my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit {cf15I was} sweet to my taste.
4. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me {cf15I was} love.
5. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I {cf15I am} sick of love.
6. His left hand {cf15I is} under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake {cf15I my} love, till he please.
8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
10. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over {cf15I and} gone;
12. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing {cf15I of birds} is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines {cf15I with} the tender grape give a {cf15I good} smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14. O my dove, {cf15I that art} in the clefts of the rock, in the secret {cf15I places} of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet {cf15I is} thy voice, and thy countenance {cf15I is} comely.
15. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines {cf15I have} tender grapes.
16. My beloved {cf15I is} mine, and I {cf15I am} his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.