1 I am a rose "of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.3 Like an apple "tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.8 Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.10 My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.12 Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. [^3]

1 [Ego flos campi,et lilium convallium.2 Sponsus Sicut lilium inter spinas,sic amica mea inter filias.3 Sponsa Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum,sic dilectus meus inter filios.Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi,et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.4 Introduxit me in cellam vinariam ;ordinavit in me caritatem.5 Fulcite in me floribus,stipate me malis,quia amore langueo.6 Lva ejus sub capite meo,et dextera illius amplexabitur me.7 Sponsus Adjuro vos, fili Jerusalem,per capreas cervosque camporum,ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam,quoadusque ipsa velit.8 Sponsa Vox dilecti mei ; ecce iste venit,saliens in montibus, transiliens colles.9 Similis est dilectus meus capre,hinnuloque cervorum.En ipse stat post parietem nostrum,respiciens per fenestras,prospiciens per cancellos.10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi.Sponsus Surge, propera, amica mea,columba mea, formosa mea, et veni :11 jam enim hiems transiit ;imber abiit, et recessit.12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra ;tempus putationis advenit :vox turturis audita est in terra nostra ;13 ficus protulit grossos suos ;vine florentes dederunt odorem suum.Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni :14 columba mea, in foraminibus petr, in caverna maceri,ostende mihi faciem tuam,sonet vox tua in auribus meis :vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora.15 Sponsa Capite nobis vulpes parvulasqu demoliuntur vineas :nam vinea nostra floruit.16 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi,qui pascitur inter lilia,17 donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbr.Revertere ; similis esto, dilecte mi, capre,hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.]