Catholic Public Domain Version
"Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love."
— Song Of Solomon 2:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.”
“Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.”
Groom: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.
Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.
Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.
Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.