Cânticos 2

1 I am the rose of Sharon,

and the shoshan (lily) of the valleys.

2 As the shoshan (lily) among thorns,

so is my love among the banot.

3 As the tapuach (apple tree) among the trees of the wood,

so is dodi (my beloved) among the banim.

Betzilloh (in his shade, shadow) chimmadti (I desire ),*2:3 See Song 5:16

and his p’ri (fruit) is sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the Bais HaYayin,

and his degel (standard, banner, flag) over me is ahavah.

5 Sustain me with cakes of raisins,

comfort me with apples:

ki cholat ahavah ani (for I am faint with ahavah, lovesick).

6 His left hand is under my rosh,

and his right hand doth embrace me.

7 I charge you, O ye banot Yerushalayim,

by the gazelles, and by the deer of the sadeh,

that ye arouse nor awake HaAhavah

till it pleases.*2:7 i.e., until its own time — see 3:5; 8:4

8 Kol dodi (the voice of my beloved)!

Hinei, he cometh leaping upon the harim,

bounding over the hills.

9 Dodi (my beloved) is like a gazelle

or a young deer;

hinei, he standeth behind our Kotel (Wall);

he looketh forth at the chalonot (windows),

peering through the lattices.*2:9 Rv 3:20

10 Dodi (my beloved) spoke,

and said unto me:

Rise up, my love, my fair one,

and come away.

11 For, hinei, the winter is past,

the geshem (rain) is over and gone;

12 The flowers appear on ha’aretz;

the time of zemer (song, singing of birds) has come;

and the voice of the turtledove is heard in Artzeinu (our Land);

13 The te’enah (fig tree) putteth forth her early figs,

and the vines with the tender grape give forth fragrance.

Arise, my love, my fair one,

and come away.

14 O my yonah (dove), that art in the clefts of the rock,

in the seter (secret place) of the cliff,

let me see thy countenance,

let me hear thy voice;

for sweet is thy voice,

and thy countenance is lovely.

15 Catch the shu’alim (foxes),

the shu’alim ketanim (little foxes),

that spoil the kramim (vines);

for krameinu (our [blooming] vines) have tender grapes.

16 Dodi (my beloved) is mine,

and I am his;

he feedeth among the lilies.

17 Until HaYom (the day) break,

and the shadows flee away,

turn, dodi (my beloved),

and be thou like a gazelle

or a young deer

upon the hills of Beter.