Song of Songs 2:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 W Catch us the foxes,[a] the little foxes
that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!
16 (A)My lover belongs to me and I to him;
he feeds among the lilies.
17 (B)Until the day grows cool[b] and the shadows flee,
roam, my lover,
Like a gazelle or a young stag
upon the rugged mountains.
Footnotes
- 2:15 A snatch of song in answer to the request of 2:14; cf. 8:13–14. Foxes: they threaten to disturb the security of vineyards. The vineyards are women sought after by young lovers, i.e., foxes.
- 2:17 Grows cool: in the evening when the sun is going down. Cf. Gn 3:8. Rugged: Hebrew obscure; some interpret it as a geographical name; others, in the sense of spices (cf. 8:14); still others, of sacrifice (Gn 15:10); the image probably refers here to the woman herself.
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