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Strengthen me with raisins,
    and refresh me with apples,
    because I am weak with love.
My lover’s left hand is under my head,
    and his right arm holds me tight.

The Woman Speaks to the Friends

Women of Jerusalem, promise me
    by the gazelles and the deer
not to awaken
    or excite my feelings of love
    until it is ready.

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