(A)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
(B)I [a]charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

The Beloved’s Request

The Shulamite

The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:7 adjure

His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.(A)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(B)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(C)

Listen! My beloved!
    Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.(D)

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