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My beloved!</p><p class="line2">Look! Here he comes,</p><p class="line1">leaping across the mountains,</p><p class="line2">bounding over the hills.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.</p><p class="line2">Look! There he stands behind our wall,</p><p class="line1">gazing through the windows,</p><p class="line2">peering through the lattice.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My beloved spoke and said to me,</p><p class="line2">“Arise, my darling,</p><p class="line2">my beautiful one, come with me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>See! The winter is past;</p><p class="line2">the rains are over and gone.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Flowers appear on the earth;</p><p class="line2">the season of singing has come,</p><p class="line1">the cooing of doves</p><p class="line2">is heard in our land.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fig tree forms its early fruit;</p><p class="line2">the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.</p><p class="line1">Arise, come, my darling;</p><p class="line2">my beautiful one, come with me.”</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">He</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My dove in the clefts of the rock,</p><p class="line2">in the hiding places on the mountainside,</p><p class="line1">show me your face,</p><p class="line2">let me hear your voice;</p><p class="line1">for your voice is sweet,</p><p class="line2">and your face is lovely.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Catch for us the foxes,</p><p class="line2">the little foxes</p><p class="line1">that ruin the vineyards,</p><p class="line2">our vineyards that are in bloom.</p></div></div> <div class="speech"><p class="speaker">She</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My beloved is mine and I am his;</p><p class="line2">he browses among the lilies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Until the day breaks</p><p class="line2">and the shadows flee,</p><p class="line1">turn, my beloved,</p><p class="line2">and be like a gazelle</p><p class="line1">or like a young stag</p><p class="line2">on the rugged hills. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the hills of Bether">d</a></sup></span> </p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>He</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Probably a member of the crocus family</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or possibly <i>apricot</i>; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the hills of Bether</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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