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<p class="indent2"> refresh me with apples, <p class="indent2"> for I am faint with love. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>His left hand is under my head, <p class="indent2"> and his right arm embraces me. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you <p class="indent2"> by the gazelles and does of the field: <p class="indent1"> Do not arouse or awaken love <p class="indent2"> until the time is right. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Listen! My beloved approaches. <p class="indent2"> Look! Here he comes, <p class="indent1"> leaping across the mountains, <p class="indent2"> bounding over the hills. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. <p class="indent2"> Look, he stands behind our wall, <p class="indent1"> gazing through the windows, <p class="indent2"> peering through the lattice. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My beloved calls to me, <p class="indent2">“Arise, my darling. <p class="indent2"> Come away with me, my beautiful one. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For now the winter is past; <p class="indent2"> the rain is over and gone. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The flowers have appeared in the countryside; <p class="indent2"> the season of singing<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> has come, <p class="indent1"> and the cooing of turtledoves <p class="indent2"> is heard in our land. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fig tree ripens its figs; <p class="indent2"> the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. <p class="indent1"> Arise, come away, my darling; <p class="indent2"> come away with me, my beautiful one.” <A name="15"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bridegroom<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>O my dove in the clefts of the rock, <p class="indent2"> in the crevices of the cliff, <p class="indent1"> let me see your face, <p class="indent2"> let me hear your voice; <p class="indent1"> for your voice is sweet, <p class="indent2"> and your countenance is lovely. <A name="16"></a><p class="ihdg">The Friends<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Catch for us the foxes—<p class="indent2"> the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—<p class="indent2"> for our vineyards are in bloom. <A name="17"></a><p class="ihdg">The Bride<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My beloved is mine and I am his; <p class="indent2"> he pastures his flock among the lilies. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Before the day breaks and shadows flee, <p class="indent2"> turn, my beloved, <p class="indent1"> and be like a gazelle <p class="indent2"> or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the banquet hall<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>pruning</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>the rugged mountains</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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