Add parallel Print Page Options

Strengthen me with raisins.
    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.
Promise not to wake love.
    Don’t excite my feelings of love
    until I’m ready.

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter