ECB(i)
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THE MAN
I - a rose of Sharon. A lily of the valleys 2 - as a lily among thorns is my friend among the daughters. 3
THE WOMAN
As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, thus is my beloved among the sons: in his shadow I delight and sit; his fruit is sweet to my palate; 4 he brings me to the house of wine; his banner over me is love. 5 Sustain me with cakes; spread me with apples; for I am worn from love. 6 His left is under my head and his right embraces me. 7 I oath you, O you daughters of Yeru Shalem, by the gazelles and by the hinds of the field, that neither you waken, nor waken the love, until he desires. 8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes - leaping on the mountains - skipping on the hills. 9 My beloved is likened to a gazelle or a fawn hart; behold, he stands behind our wall; he peers at the windows flourishing through the lattice. 10 My beloved answers and says to me, Rise, my friend, my beautiful, and come away! 11 For, behold, the winter has passed; the downpour has passed and gone; 12 the blossoms are seen on the earth; the time of psalming touches and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land: 13 the fig tree ripens her unripe figs and the vines with the blossom give their scent. Rise, my friend, my beautiful, and come away. 14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock - in the coverts of the steep steps, have me see your visage; have me hear your voice; for your voice is pleasant and your visage comely. 15 Take the foxes for us - the little foxes that despoil the vineyards; for our vineyards have blossoms. 16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he tends among the lilies, 17 until the day breathes, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, as a gazelle or a fawn hart on the mountains of Bether.
THE MAN
I - a rose of Sharon. A lily of the valleys 2 - as a lily among thorns is my friend among the daughters. 3
THE WOMAN
As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, thus is my beloved among the sons: in his shadow I delight and sit; his fruit is sweet to my palate; 4 he brings me to the house of wine; his banner over me is love. 5 Sustain me with cakes; spread me with apples; for I am worn from love. 6 His left is under my head and his right embraces me. 7 I oath you, O you daughters of Yeru Shalem, by the gazelles and by the hinds of the field, that neither you waken, nor waken the love, until he desires. 8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes - leaping on the mountains - skipping on the hills. 9 My beloved is likened to a gazelle or a fawn hart; behold, he stands behind our wall; he peers at the windows flourishing through the lattice. 10 My beloved answers and says to me, Rise, my friend, my beautiful, and come away! 11 For, behold, the winter has passed; the downpour has passed and gone; 12 the blossoms are seen on the earth; the time of psalming touches and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land: 13 the fig tree ripens her unripe figs and the vines with the blossom give their scent. Rise, my friend, my beautiful, and come away. 14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock - in the coverts of the steep steps, have me see your visage; have me hear your voice; for your voice is pleasant and your visage comely. 15 Take the foxes for us - the little foxes that despoil the vineyards; for our vineyards have blossoms. 16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he tends among the lilies, 17 until the day breathes, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, as a gazelle or a fawn hart on the mountains of Bether.