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The Song of Solomon

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- Chapter 2 -

You have charmed me

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The woman speaking to her lover: I am like an insignificant flower in the plains, like an insignificant lily growing in a valley. The man speaking to her:
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Among all the other young women, you, the one whom I love, are like a lily growing among thorns! The woman speaking to herself:
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Among all the other men, this man is the one who loves me; he is like a tree that grows in the forest. Under his shade I am safe from the sun. When he is close to me, it is like eating sweet fruit.

I am sick with love

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He led me to the room where I feasted on his love, where he made love to me as if he were covering me with his love. The woman speaking to her lover:
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Refresh me and strengthen me with your lovemaking. It is like eating raisins and other fruit, because I want you to love me even more. The woman speaking to herself:
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I hope he puts his left arm under my head and holds me close with his right arm. The woman speaking to the other women:
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You young women of Jerusalem, I want you to take an oath, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not cause us to desire love until the right time comes. The woman speaking to herself:

Spring is here!

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I hear the voice of the man who loves me. It is as though he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills

You are unique!

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like a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the lattice.
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He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
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Look, the winter has ended; the rain has stopped.
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The flowers are blooming throughout the country. It is now time to sing; we hear the pigeons cooing.
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There are young figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
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You are like a dove hiding in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice sounds sweet, and your face is lovely.” The woman speaking to the man:
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There are other men who ruin women as wild dogs ruin vineyards; do not allow those men to attack me.
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This man whom I love, I belong to him, and he belongs to me. He takes great pleasure in kissing my lips, as sheep love to graze in pastures. The woman speaking to her lover:
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You whom I love, you must go away before dawn, when the darkness disappears. Go away quickly, like a gazelle or like a young deer running on the high hills.

You have charmed me

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I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
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As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

I am sick with love

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He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
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Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
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His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
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I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

Spring is here!

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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

You are unique!

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My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
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My beloved spoke, and said to me,Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
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For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
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The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”
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My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountainside, let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
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Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
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Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.