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Adjuration Refrain

I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,[a]
    if you find my beloved, what will you tell him?
Tell him that I am lovesick![b]

Maiden’s Praise of Her Beloved

How is your beloved better than another lover,[c]
    O most beautiful among women?
How is your beloved better than another lover, [d]
    that you adjure us thus?
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,[e]
    distinguished among[f] ten thousand.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
  2. Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “sick with love”
  3. Song of Solomon 5:9 Literally “What is your beloved more than another beloved …?”
  4. Song of Solomon 5:9 Literally “What is your beloved more than another beloved …?”
  5. Song of Solomon 5:10 Literally “red”
  6. Song of Solomon 5:10 Literally “more than”

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)
    if you find my beloved,(B)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.(C)

Friends

How is your beloved better than others,
    most beautiful of women?(D)
How is your beloved better than others,
    that you so charge us?

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.(E)

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