1. "I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys."
2. "Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the young women."
3. "Like a fruit tree among many trees, so is my loved one among the young men. With much joy I sat down in his shadow. And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4. He brought me to his special large room for eating, and his colors over me were love.
5. Make me strong with cakes of dried grapes. Make me strong again with fruit, because I am sick with love.
6. Let his left hand be under my head and his right hand hold me close."
7. "I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and deer of the field, you must not wake up my love until it is pleasing to her."
8. "Listen, it is the voice of my loved one! See, he is coming! He is running over the mountains, jumping across the hills.
9. My love is like a gazelle or a young deer. See, he is standing behind our wall. He is looking through the windows, through the wood cross-pieces.
10. "My love speaks and says to me, 'Get up, my love, my beautiful one, and come with me.
11. For see, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
12. The flowers are coming through the ground. The time for singing has come. The voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.
13. The fig tree has its fruits. The flowers on the vines spread their sweet smell. Get up, my love, my beautiful one, and come with me!
14. O my dove, hidden in the rock, in the secret place in the mountain-side, let me see you. Let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet, and you are beautiful.
15. 'Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that are destroying our grape-fields, for the flowers are on the vines.
16. My love is mine, and I am his. He lets his flock eat among the lilies.
17. Until the morning comes and the shadows hurry away, turn, my love. Be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.' "