2 Like a lily among thorns,so is my darling among the young women.
3 Like an apricot 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, and he looked on me with love.
5 Sustain me with raisins;refresh me with apricots, for I am lovesick.
6 His left hand is under my head,and his right arm embraces me.
7 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge youby the gazelles and the wild does of the field:do not stir up or awaken loveuntil the appropriate time.
8 Listen! My love is approaching.Look! Here he comes,leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.