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His left hand is under my head,
    and his right hand embraces me.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    by the gazelles or the does of the field,
do not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

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[a]His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand doth embrace me.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the [b]roes, or by the hinds of the field,
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Until [c]he please.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:6 Or, Let his left hand be etc.
  2. Song of Solomon 2:7 Or, gazelles
  3. Song of Solomon 2:7 Or, it. Or, she