1. I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2. Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
3. 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.
4. Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
5. Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
6. His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
7. Daughters 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.
8. Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.