| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. | 1I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain, the lily of the valley. Young Man |
| 2Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women. | 2Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women. Young Woman |
| 3Like 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. | 3Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit. |
| 4Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love. | 4He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me. |
| 5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. | 5Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love. |
| 6His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. | 6His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. |
| 7Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. | 7Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right. |
| 8Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. | 8Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. |
| 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. | 9My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room. |
| 10My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. | 10My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one! |
| 11See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. | 11Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone. |
| 12Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. | 12The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air. |
| 13The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me." | 13The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!” Young Man |
| 14My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. | 14My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely. Young Women of Jerusalem |
| 15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. | 15Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming! Young Woman |
| 16My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies. | 16My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies. |
| 17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. | 17Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains. |
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