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I would bring you to my childhood home,
    and there you would teach me.[a]
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
    my sweet pomegranate wine.
Your left arm would be under my head,
    and your right arm would embrace me.

Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
    not to awaken love until the time is right.[b]

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  1. 8:2 Or there she will teach me.
  2. 8:4 Or not to awaken love until it is ready.

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