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I could take you to the home
of my mother,
    who taught me all I know.[a]
I would give you delicious wine
    and fruit juice as well.
Put your left hand under my head
and embrace me
    with your right arm.

Young women of Jerusalem,
promise me never to awaken love
    before it is ready.

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  1. 8.2 who … know: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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