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here he comes<a id="rfn26002008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26002008-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">springing across the mountains,</p> <p class="sl1">leaping across the hills.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002009" class="ver">9</span>My lover is like a gazelle<a id="rfn26002009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26002009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">or a young stag.</p> <p class="sl">See! He is standing behind our wall,</p> <p class="sl1">gazing through the windows,</p> <p class="sl1">peering through the lattices.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002010" class="ver">10</span>My lover speaks and says to me,</p> <p class="sl1"><span class="dispk">M</span></p> <p class="sl1">“Arise, my friend, my beautiful one,</p> <p class="sl1">and come!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002011" class="ver">11</span>For see, the winter is past,</p> <p class="sl1">the rains are over and gone.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002012" class="ver">12</span>The flowers appear on the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">the time of pruning the vines has come,</p> <p class="sl1">and the song of the turtledove is heard in our land.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002013" class="ver">13</span>The fig tree puts forth its figs,</p> <p class="sl1">and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance.</p> <p class="sl">Arise, my friend, my beautiful one,</p> <p class="sl1">and come!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002014" class="ver">14</span>My dove in the clefts of the rock,<a id="rfn26002014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26002014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">in the secret recesses of the cliff,</p> <p class="sl">Let me see your face,</p> <p class="sl1">let me hear your voice,</p> <p class="sl">For your voice is sweet,</p> <p class="sl1">and your face is lovely.”</p> <p class="sl"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="sl"><span class="ver">15</span>Catch us the foxes,<a id="rfn26002015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26002015-1">*</a> the little foxes</p> <p class="sl1">that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002016" class="ver">16</span><a id="ren26002016-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26002016-e">e</a> My lover belongs to me and I to him;</p> <p class="sl1">he feeds among the lilies.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26002017" class="ver">17</span><a id="ren26002017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26002017-f">f</a> Until the day grows cool<a id="rfn26002017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26002017-1">*</a> and the shadows flee,</p> <p class="sl1">roam, my lover,</p> <p class="sl">Like a gazelle or a young stag</p> <p class="sl1">upon the rugged mountains.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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