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The young woman:[a]

Among the other young men,
    my lover is like an apple tree
    that grows among the trees of the forest.[b]
I love to sit in his shade.
    His fruit is sweet when I taste it.
He has taken me to the room for feasts.
    Everyone can see that he loves me.
I am weak with love.
    So give me raisins to make me strong.
    Give me apples to me to keep me awake.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Now the woman talks to her friends again.
  2. 2:3 An apple tree would have been very special at that time. You would not expect to find one that was growing in a forest of other trees.