Anglican version. Vulgate.
1. I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.1. I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
2. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.2. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.3. As the appletree 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.3. As the appletree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under the shadow of him whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.4. He brought me into the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.4. He brought me into the wine cellars and set love in order within me.
5. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples; for I am sick of love.5. Stay me with flowers, strew me with apples; for I am sick of love.6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.6. His left hand is under my head and his right hand shall embrace me.7. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.7. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.
8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.8. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.9. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold he standeth behind our wall; he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
10. My beloved spake and said unto me: Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.10. Behold, my beloved speaketh to me and saith: Rise up my love, my dove, my fair one, and come.
11. For lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 12. The flowers have appeared on the earth; the pruning time is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13. The figtree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, come away.13. The figtree hath put forth her green figs, and the flowering vines give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, come.14. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.14. My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow of the wall, shew me thy countenance and let thy voice sound in mine ears; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15. Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes.15. Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines; for our vine is in blossom.
16. My beloved is mine and I am his; he feedeth among the lilies.17. Until the day break and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.