Song of Solomon 2:10–13

My love answered
to me he said

Up now
my pretty darling,
come on!

• For the winter is past
  the rain is gone and done with.
   
  • The blooms can be seen in the land,
    pruning/singing time is near
    and the turtle-dove’s voice can be heard
     
• In our land the fig ripens her fruit
  and the vines in blossom give off scent

Up now
my pretty darling
come on!

• (translation by W.G.E. Watson in Classical Hebrew Poetry, (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1984) p.368)

Updated on 2013-07-16 by Andrew Fountain - loveintruth.com/teaching