I am a rose of Sharon a rose of the valleys.

I am the tulip of the Sharon; the daffodil of the vallies.

[The congregation of Israel:] I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys [(even more beautiful than the rose of Sharon)].

As a rose among the thorns, so is my beloved among the daughters.

Like the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

As a lily among the thorns [(which remains "upright" and beautiful though the thorns constantly prick it)], so is My loved one among the daughters [of the nations, resisting all their blandishments to idolatry].

As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons; in its shade I delighted and sat, and its fruit was sweet to my palate.

Like 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.

As a flourishing apple tree among the [desiccated] trees of the forest, so is my Beloved among the "sons" [i.e., the idolatries of the nations.] For His shade did I long and I sat (therein), and His fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner is raised over me in love.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

He has brought me to the house of wine [(the tent of meeting, where the details and exegeses of Torah were given)], and His banner [(which is still suspended)] over me is love.

Sustain me with dainty cakes refresh my bed with [the scent of] apples; for I am lovesick.

Let me lean against the stout trunks, let me couch among the apple trees: for I am sick with love.

Support me [here in exile] with cups [of grapes (as the sick are "supported")]; couch me among apples [(for their fragrance)], for I am sick for [His love].

His left hand was under my head and his right would embrace me.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

His left hand was under my head [in the desert], and His right hand embraced me [i.e., sustained me (all of which I remember, and which makes me yearn for Him in my exile)].

I bind you under oath, daughters of Yerusholayim by the gazelles and the does of the field; that you do not cause hatred nor disturb this love while it still pleases.

I charge you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till it please.

I have besworn you, [O nations], the daughters [i.e., neighbors] of Jerusalem [that you would become prey], like the roes and hinds of the field, if you vitiated or protested the love [between me and my Beloved [(by attempting to turn me from Him to you)], so long as it desires [i.e., so long as my love remains fixed in my heart and He desires me.]

The voice of my beloved! Behold he comes; leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

The voice of my Beloved, behold, it comes, [heralding the redemption], leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

My beloved resembles a gazelle or a young hart; behold, he stands behind our wall, observing through the windows peering through the lattices.

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks in at the windows; he peers through the lattice.

My beloved [(in His swiftness)] is like a roe or like a young hind. Behold, [(seeking to redeem us)], He stands behind our wall; He looks in from the windows [(of Heaven to see what is being done to us)]; He peers through the lattices [viz. Exodus 3:7].

My beloved spoke and said to me, “Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and go forth.

My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

My Beloved called out and said to me [(through Moses)]: Arise, now, My love, My beautiful one, and go [(viz. Exodus 3:17): "I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, etc.")]

For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over, and gone.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

The blossoms have appeared on the land, the time of singing has come; and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing bird is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

The blossoms have appeared on the earth [(and provide pleasure to the wayfarer)]. The time [(Nissan)] of the song [birds] has arrived; and the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.

The fig tree has produced its green figs, and the grapevines tender grapes give out their fragrance; arise my beloved, my fair one, and go forth.

the fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give their scent. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

The fig-tree has put forth its green figs; and the budding vines have given forth their scent. Arise, now, My love, My beautiful one, and go [(out of Egypt)].

My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the concealment of the cliff, show me your countenance, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your countenance is comely.

O my dove, who art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the recess of the cliff, let Me see your visage, let Me hear your voice [viz. Exodus 15:10]; for your voice is sweet and your visage is comely.

Seize for us the foxes, little foxes that destroy vineyards [for] our vineyards are with tender grapes.”

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards: for our vineyards are in blossom.

There seized upon us, foxes [the Egyptians)], little foxes, ravagers of vineyards, and our vineyards were yet in unripe bloom.

My beloved is mine, and I am his, who pastures among the roses.

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.

My Beloved [turned] to me [(and to no other nation for the requital of all His needs, e.g., "Sacrifice the Pesach," "Sanctify the first-born," etc.)], and I [turned] to Him [(and to no other gods for the requital of all my needs — to Him,)] who grazes [His sheep] in the lilies [(in a goodly pasture)].

Until the sun spreads and the shadows flee; you turned away, my beloved, and became like a gazelle or a young hart on distant mountains.

Before the day cools, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of Beter.

["My Beloved turned to me, etc."] — until the sun (i.e., my sins, the golden calf and the spies,)] blackened [me as in the heat of day], and the [protective] shadows [i.e., my merits] fled. [I made] You turn away [from me], my Beloved, like a roe or like a young hind on the distant hills.