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10 My beloved speaks,
    and he says to me:
“Arise, my beloved,
    my fair one, and come!
11     [a]For see, the winter is past,
    the rains are over and gone.
12 The flowers appear in the countryside;
    the season of joyful songs has arrived,
and the voice of the turtledove
    is heard in our land.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 2:11 Spring in bloom is the time of love as well as the symbol of salvation (see Hos 14:6-8).

10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.

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