1	I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
			2	As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
			3	As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat# down under his shadow with great delight# , and his fruit was sweet to my taste. [I sat...: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc] [taste: Heb. palate]
			4	He brought# me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. [banqueting...: Heb. house of wine]
			5	Stay# me with flagons, comfort# me with apples: for I am sick# of love. [comfort...: Heb. straw me with apples]
			6	His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace# me.
			7	I charge# you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up# , nor awake# my love, till he please# . [I charge...: Heb. I adjure you]
			8	The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh# leaping# upon the mountains, skipping# upon the hills.
			9	My beloved is like# a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth# behind our wall, he looketh forth# at the windows, shewing# himself through the lattice. [shewing...: Heb. flourishing]
			10	My beloved spake# , and said# unto me, Rise up# , my love, my fair one, and come away# .
			11	For, lo, the winter is past# , the rain is over# and gone# ;
			12	The flowers appear# on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come# , and the voice of the turtle is heard# in our land;
			13	The fig tree putteth forth# her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give# a good smell. Arise# , my love, my fair one, and come away# .
			14	O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see# thy countenance, let me hear# thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
			15	Take# us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil# the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
			16	My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth# among the lilies.
			17	Until the day break# , and the shadows flee away# , turn# , my beloved, and be thou like# a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. [of Bether: or, of division]