3As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I delighted to sit in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.4He brought me into the house of wine, and he set up a banner over me: love.5Sustain me with raisin cakes; support me with apples, for I am sick with love.6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.7I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field: do not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.8The voice of my beloved! Behold, this one comes, leaping upon the mountains and skipping upon the hills.9My beloved resembles a gazelle or a stag. Behold, this one stands behind the wall, gazing from the window and peering from the crevice.10My beloved answered and said, "I arise; go, my companion, my beautiful one; go, go."11For behold, the winter has passed; the rain has passed and gone away.12Blossoms appear in the land; the time of song has arrived, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in the land.13The fig tree has put forth its figs, and the vines in blossom have given their scent. Arise; go, my companion, my beautiful one; go.