(A)Hardly had I [a]left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I (B)held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had (C)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

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  1. Song of Solomon 3:4 Lit passed

Then scarcely had I left them
    when I found my love!
I caught and held him tightly,
    then I brought him to my mother’s house,
    into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.

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Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,(A)
    to the room of the one who conceived me.(B)

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