Bible in Basic English
"Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love."
— Song Of Solomon 2:5, Bible in Basic English
“Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.”
“Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. ”
“Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.”
“Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration”
“Stay me up with flowers, compass me about with apples: because I languish with love.”
“Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.”
As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.
Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.
I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.