Cânticos 2

1 I am a wildflower  * 2:1 Traditionally rose of Sharon,

a lily  * 2:1 Or lotus of the valleys.  * 2:1 Sg 5:13; 7:2; Hs 14:5

Man

2 Like a lily among thorns,

so is my darling among the young women.

Woman

3 Like an apricot  * 2:3 Or apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my love among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the banquet hall,  * 2:4 Lit the house of wine,* 2:4 Sg 1:4

and he looked on me with love.  * 2:4 Or and his banner over me is love,* 2:4 Ps 20:5

5 Sustain me with raisins;

refresh me with apricots,  * 2:5 Or apples

for I am lovesick.  * 2:5 Sg 5:8

6 May his left hand be under my head,

and his right arm embrace me.  * 2:6 Sg 8:3

7 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.  * 2:7 Lit until it pleases,* 2:7 Sg 3:5; 5:8; 8:4

8 Listen! My love is approaching.

Look! Here he comes,

leaping over the mountains,  * 2:8 Is 52:7

bounding over the hills.

9 My love is like a gazelle

or a young stag.  * 2:9 Sg 2:17; 8:14

See, he is standing behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

10 My love calls to me:

Man

Arise,  * 2:10 Sg 2:13 my darling.

Come away, my beautiful one.

11 For now the winter is past;

the rain has ended and gone away.

12 The blossoms appear in the countryside.

The time of singing  * 2:12 Or pruning has come,

and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.  * 2:12 Jr 8:7

13 The fig tree ripens its figs;  * 2:13 Mt 24:32

the blossoming vines give off their fragrance.  * 2:13 Sg 7:12

Arise, my darling.

Come away, my beautiful one.

14 My dove,  * 2:14 Sg 5:2; 6:9 in the clefts of the rock,  * 2:14 Jr 48:28

in the crevices of the cliff,

let me see your face,  * 2:14 Or form

let me hear your voice;  * 2:14 Sg 8:13

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is lovely.  * 2:14 Sg 1:5

Woman # 2:15 The speaker could be the woman, the man, or both.

15 Catch the foxes for us  * 2:15 Ezk 13:4  —

the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —

for our vineyards are in bloom.  * 2:15 Sg 2:13

Woman

16 My love is mine and I am his;  * 2:16 Sg 6:3; 7:10; 8:6

he feeds among the lilies.

17 Until the day breaks  * 2:17 Lit breathes

and the shadows flee,

turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle

or a young stag  * 2:17 Sg 2:9 on the divided mountains.  * 2:17 Or the Bether mountains, or the mountains of spices; Hb obscure,* 2:17 Sg 4:5–6; 8:14