Cânticos 2

1 I am a rose*2:1 Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus of Sharon,

*Hos. 14:5;[ch. 5:13]a lily of the valleys.

He

2 As a lily among brambles,

so is *See ch. 1:15my love among the young women.

She

3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my *ch. 1:16beloved among the young men.

With great delight I sat *Isa. 25:4;32:2in his shadow,

and his *[Rev. 22:2]fruit was sweet to my taste.

4 He *ch. 1:4brought me to the banqueting house,*2:4 Hebrew the house of wine

and his *[Ps. 20:5]banner over me was love.

5 Sustain me with *2 Sam. 6:19;1 Chr. 16:3;Hos. 3:1raisins;

refresh me with apples,

*ch. 5:8for I am sick with love.

6 His *ch. 8:3;[Deut. 33:27] left hand is under my head,

and his right hand *[Prov. 4:8]embraces me!

7 I *ch. 3:5;5:8,9;8:4adjure you,*2:7 That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song O *See ch. 1:5daughters of Jerusalem,

by *See ver. 9the gazelles or the does of the field,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.

The Bride Adores Her Beloved

8 The voice of my beloved!

Behold, he comes,

leaping *[Isa. 52:7]over the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

9 My beloved is like *ch. 4:5;7:3;8:14;2 Sam. 2:18;1 Chr. 12:8;[Ps. 18:33;Hab. 3:19]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:

*ver. 13"Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away,

11 for behold, the winter is past;

*[Joel 2:23]the rain is over and gone.

12 *[2 Sam. 23:4] The flowers appear on the earth,

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

and the voice of *[Jer. 8:7]the turtledove

is heard in our land.

13 *[Matt. 24:32] The fig tree ripens its figs,

and *ch. 7:12the vines are in blossom;

they give forth fragrance.

*ver. 10Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away.

14 O my *ch. 5:2;6:9;[ch. 1:15] dove, in the *Jer. 48:28;49:16;Obad. 3clefts of the rock,

in the crannies of the cliff,

let me see your face,

let me *ch. 8:13hear your voice,

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is *ch. 1:5;4:3lovely.

15 Catch *[Ezek. 13:4] the foxes*2:15 Or jackals for us,

the little foxes

that spoil the vineyards,

*[See ver. 13above]for our vineyards are in blossom."

16 *ch. 6:3;7:10My beloved is mine, and I am his;

he *ch. 4:5;6:3grazes*2:16 Or he pastures his flock among the lilies.

17 Until *ch. 4:6;[Gen. 3:8] the day breathes

and *Jer. 6:4the shadows flee,

turn, my beloved, be like *See ver. 9a gazelle

or a young stag on cleft mountains.*2:17 Or mountains of Bether