7 Women of Jerusalem, take an oath and make me a promise. Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses. Don't stir up love. Don't wake it up until it's ready.
8 "Listen! I hear my love! Look! Here he comes! He's leaping across the mountains. He's coming over the hills.
9 The one who loves me is like an antelope or a young deer. Look! There he stands behind our wall. He's gazing through the window. He's peering through the screen.
10 He said to me, 'Rise up, my love. Come with me, my beautiful one.
11 Look! The winter is past. The rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season for singing has come. The cooing of doves is heard in our land.
13 The fig trees are producing their early fruit. The flowers on the vines are giving off their sweet smell. Rise up and come, my love. Come with me, my beautiful one.' " The king says,