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Song of Solomon 2

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¹ I am a rose[1] of Sharon, ⓐa lily of the valleys.

² As a lily among brambles, so isⓑ my love among the young women.

³ As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is myⓒ beloved among the young men. With great delight I satⓓ in his shadow, and hisⓔ fruit was sweet to my taste.

⁴ Heⓕ brought me to the banqueting house,[2] and hisⓖ banner over me was love.

⁵ Sustain me withⓗ raisins; refresh me with apples, ⓘfor I am sick with love.

⁶ Hisⓙ left hand is under my head, and his right handⓚ embraces me!

⁷ Iⓛ adjure you,[3] Oⓜ daughters of Jerusalem, byⓝ the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

⁸ The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leapingⓞ over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

⁹ My beloved is likeⓟ a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.

¹⁰ My beloved speaks and says to me: ⓠ“Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away,

¹¹ for behold, the winter is past; ⓡthe rain is over and gone.

¹² ⓢ The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing[4] has come, and the voice ofⓣ the turtledove is heard in our land.

¹³ ⓤ The fig tree ripens its figs, andⓥ the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. ⓦArise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

¹⁴ O myⓧ dove, in theⓨ clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let meⓩ hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face isⓐ lovely.

¹⁶ ⓓ My beloved is mine, and I am his; heⓔ grazes[6] among the lilies.

¹⁷ Untilⓕ the day breathes andⓖ the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be likeⓗ a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.[7]

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1	I am a rose[1] of Sharon, ⓐa lily of the valleys.
2	As a lily among brambles, so isⓑ my love among the young women.
3	As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is myⓒ beloved among the young men. With great delight I satⓓ in his shadow, and hisⓔ fruit was sweet to my taste.
4	Heⓕ brought me to the banqueting house,[2] and hisⓖ banner over me was love.
5	Sustain me withⓗ raisins; refresh me with apples, ⓘfor I am sick with love.
6	Hisⓙ left hand is under my head, and his right handⓚ embraces me!
7	Iⓛ adjure you,[3] Oⓜ daughters of Jerusalem, byⓝ the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
8	The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leapingⓞ over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9	My beloved is likeⓟ a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
10	My beloved speaks and says to me: ⓠ“Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away,
11	for behold, the winter is past; ⓡthe rain is over and gone.
12	ⓢ The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing[4] has come, and the voice ofⓣ the turtledove is heard in our land.
13	ⓤ The fig tree ripens its figs, andⓥ the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. ⓦArise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
14	O myⓧ dove, in theⓨ clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let meⓩ hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face isⓐ lovely.
15	Catchⓑ the foxes[5] for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, ⓒfor our vineyards are in blossom.”
16	ⓓ My beloved is mine, and I am his; heⓔ grazes[6] among the lilies.
17	Untilⓕ the day breathes andⓖ the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be likeⓗ a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.[7]

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