| 1 | I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. |
| 2 | As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens. |
| 3 | As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. |
| 4 | He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. |
| 5 | Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love. |
| 6 | O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me! |
| 7 | I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please. |
| 8 | The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
| 9 | My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. |
| 10 | My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; |