{"book":"Song of Songs","slug":"song-of-songs","ch":2,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Song of Songs","prev":"song-of-songs/1","next":"song-of-songs/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.","f":["Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I am a rose of Sharon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a lily of the valley."}],"h":"The Bride’s AdmirationThe Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Like a lily among the thorns"},{"style":"indent2","t":"is my darling among the maidens."}],"h":"The Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest"},{"style":"indent2","t":"is my beloved among the young men."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I delight to sit in his shade,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his fruit is sweet to my taste."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me [is] love.","f":["That is, the banquet hall"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has brought me to the house of wine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his banner over me [is] love."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Sustain me with raisins;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"refresh me with apples,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for I am faint with love."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"His left hand is under my head,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his right arm embraces me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by the gazelles and does of the field:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not arouse or awaken love"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until the time is right."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Listen! My beloved [approaches]. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Listen! My beloved [approaches]."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Look! Here he comes,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"leaping across the mountains,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"bounding over the hills."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Look, he stands behind our wall,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"gazing through the windows,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"peering through the lattice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"My beloved calls to me,“ Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My beloved calls to me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Arise, my darling."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Come away with me, my beautiful one."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For now the winter is past;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the rain is over and gone."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.","f":["Or pruning"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The flowers have appeared in the countryside;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the season of singing has come,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and the cooing of turtledoves"},{"style":"indent2","t":"is heard in our land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The fig tree ripens its figs;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the blossoming vines spread their fragrance."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Arise, come away, my darling;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"come away with me, my beautiful one.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O my dove in the clefts of the rock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the crevices of the cliff,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"let me see your face,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let me hear your voice;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for your voice is sweet,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your countenance is lovely."}],"h":"The Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"Catch for us the foxes — the little foxes that ruin the vineyards — for our vineyards are in bloom.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Catch for us the foxes —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the little foxes that ruin the vineyards —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for our vineyards are in bloom."}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures [his flock] among the lilies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My beloved is mine and I am his;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he pastures [his flock] among the lilies."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.","f":["Or the rugged mountains"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Before the day breaks and shadows flee,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"turn, my beloved,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and be like a gazelle"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or a young stag on the mountains of Bether."}],"style":"indent1"}]}