(A)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
(B)I [a]charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:7 adjure

[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