Song of Songs 2 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Bride's Admiration

Sng 2:1

I am a rose of Sharon,

A lily of the valleys.

Sng 2:2

As a lily among thorns,

So is my love among the daughters.

Sng 2:3

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.

Sng 2:4

He brought me to the banqueting-house,

And his banner over me was love.

Sng 2:5

Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples;

For I am sick from love.

Sng 2:6

His left hand is under my head,

And his right hand doth embrace me.

Sng 2:7

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,

That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,

Until he please.

Sng 2:8

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh,

Leaping upon the mountains,

Skipping upon the hills.

Sng 2:9

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:

Behold, he standeth behind our wall;

He looketh in at the windows;

He glanceth through the lattice.

Sng 2:10

My beloved spake, and said unto me,

Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Sng 2:11

For, lo, the winter is past;

The rain is over and gone;

Sng 2:12

The flowers appear on the earth;

The time of the singing of birds is come,

And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;

Sng 2:13

The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs,

And the vines are in blossom;

They give forth their fragrance.

Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Sng 2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock,

In the covert of the steep place,

Let me see thy countenance,

Let me hear thy voice;

For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

Sng 2:15

Take us the foxes, the little foxes,

That spoil the vineyards;

For our vineyards are in blossom.

Sng 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his:

He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

Sng 2:17

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away,

Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart

Upon the mountains of Bether.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Song of Songs 2 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Bride's Admiration

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