Song of Solomon Capítulo 2

This poem describes the joy and ecstasy of love. Symbolically it has been applied to God's love for Israel and Chrit's love for the Church.

American King James Version

2 : 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2 : 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

2 : 3 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, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

2 : 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

2 : 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

2 : 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me.

2 : 7 I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

2 : 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

2 : 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

2 : 10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

2 : 11 For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

2 : 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

2 : 13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

2 : 14 O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely.

2 : 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

2 : 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.

2 : 17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.