¹⁷ Until ^(A)the day breathes
    and ^(B)the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like ^(C)a gazelle
    or a young stag on cleft mountains.^[a]

¹⁷ Until ^(A)the day breathes
    and ^(B)the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like ^(C)a gazelle
    or a young stag on cleft mountains.^[a]

^6 (A)Until the day breathes
    and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of ^(B)myrrh
    and the hill of ^(C)frankincense.

^6 (A)Until the day breathes
    and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of ^(B)myrrh
    and the hill of ^(C)frankincense.

^4 (A)“Prepare war against her;
    arise, and let us attack ^(B)at noon!
Woe to us, for the day declines,
    for the shadows of evening lengthen!