Song of Songs 8:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² I would lead you
    and bring you into the home of my mother.
There you would teach me to give you spiced wine to drink
    and the juice of my pomegranates.
³ His left hand is under my head
    and his right arm embraces me.

⁴ I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem:
    Do not stir up or awaken love
    before its time has come.^[a]