Song of Solomon 2 — T4T

The woman speaks

2Verse 1I am like [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon Plain,and like [MET] a lily that grows in a valley.

The man speaks

^{Verse 2}Among the other young women,the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily growing among thorns!

The woman speaks

^{Verse 3}And among the other men, you, the man who loves me, are like [MET] an apple/fruit tree that grows in the forest.You are like a tree whose shadow protects me from the sun,and your being close to me [EUP] is like [MET] eating sweet fruit.
^{Verse 4}You led me to the ◄banquet room/room where we could make love►,and it is evident that you love me very much.^{Verse 5}Refresh me and strengthen me with your lovemakinglike I am refreshed by eating [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit,
because I very much desire that you love me even more.^{Verse 6}Put your left arm under my headand with your right arm hold me close.^{Verse 7}You young women of Jerusalem,solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will notdisturb us while we are making loveuntil we are ready to quit.^{Verse 8}I hear the voice of the man who loves me.It is as though [MET] he is leaping over the mountainsand skipping over the hills
^{Verse 9}like [SIM] a deer or a gazelle.Now he is standing outside the wall of our house,looking in the window,and peering through the ◄lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame►.^{Verse 10}He spoke to me and said,“You whom I love, get up;
my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!^{Verse 11}Look, the ◄winter/cold season► is ended;the rain has stopped;^{Verse 12}flowers are blooming throughout the country/land.It is now time to sing;we hear the doves cooing.
^{Verse 13}There are young/new figs on the fig trees,and there are blossoms on the grapevinesand their fragrance fills the air.You whom I love, get up;
my beautiful one, come with me!^{Verse 14}You are like [MET] a dove that is hiding far from me in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff.
Show me your face,and allow me to hear your voice,
because your voice is sweet-soundingand your face is lovely [CHI].”

The woman continues to speak

^{Verse 15}There are other men who are like [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards;do not allow those men to attack me.^{Verse 16}You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me,and you experience pleasure when you kiss my lips
like [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.^{Verse 17}You who love me, come and be like [SIM] a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether,and then flee like a deer at dawn tomorrow morning,when the darkness fades.