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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Song of Solomon 2 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/songs/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" 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title="Song of Solomon 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_1"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.1" class="v22_2_1">1</span>I am only a wild flower in Sharon,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_1">a lily in a mountain valley.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Man</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_2"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.2" class="v22_2_2">2</span>Like a lily among thorns</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_2">is my darling among women.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Woman</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_3"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.3" class="v22_2_3">3</span>Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_3">so is my dearest compared to other men.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_3">I love to sit in its shadow,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_3">and its fruit is sweet to my taste.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_4"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.4" class="v22_2_4">4</span>He brought me to his banquet hall</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_4">and raised the banner of love over me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_5"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.5" class="v22_2_5">5</span>Restore my strength with raisins</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_5">and refresh me with apples!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_5">I am weak from passion.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_6"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.6" class="v22_2_6">6</span>His left hand is under my head,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_6">and his right hand caresses me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_7"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.7" class="v22_2_7">7</span>Promise me, women of Jerusalem;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_7">swear by the swift deer and the gazelles</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_7">that you will not interrupt our love.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Second Song</h3><h5 class="sp">The Woman</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_8"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.8" class="v22_2_8">8</span>I hear my lover's voice.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_8">He comes running over the mountains,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_8">racing across the hills to me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_9"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.9" class="v22_2_9">9</span>My lover is like a gazelle,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_9">like a young stag.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_9">There he stands beside the wall.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_9">He looks in through the window</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_9">and glances through the lattice.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_10"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.10" class="v22_2_10">10</span>My lover speaks to me.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Man</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_10">Come then, my love;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_10">my darling, come with me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_11"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.11" class="v22_2_11">11</span>The winter is over; the rains have stopped;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_12"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.12" class="v22_2_12">12</span>in the countryside the flowers are in bloom.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_12">This is the time for singing;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_12">the song of doves is heard in the fields.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_13"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.13" class="v22_2_13">13</span>Figs are beginning to ripen;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_13">the air is fragrant with blossoming vines.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_13">Come then, my love;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_13">my darling, come with me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_14"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.14" class="v22_2_14">14</span>You are like a dove that hides</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_14">in the crevice of a rock.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_14">Let me see your lovely face</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_14">and hear your enchanting voice.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_15"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.15" class="v22_2_15">15</span>Catch the foxes, the little foxes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_15">before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Woman</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_16"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.16" class="v22_2_16">16</span>My lover is mine, and I am his.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_16">He feeds his flock among the lilies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_17"><span class="reftext" id="Song.2.17" class="v22_2_17">17</span>until the morning breezes blow</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_17">and the darkness disappears.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_2_17">Return, my darling, like a gazelle,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_2_17">like a stag on the mountains of Bether.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.2.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.17: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mountains of Bether; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">rugged mountains.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 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