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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I (A)adjure you, O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    (C)I am sick with love.

Others

What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    O (D)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    that you thus (E)adjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and (F)ruddy,
    (G)distinguished among ten thousand.

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Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me
    that if you find my beloved
        you will tell him I am hopelessly lovesick.

[The chorus of young women]

Most beautiful of women,
    what makes your beloved better than any other beloved?
    What makes your beloved better than any other beloved
        that you make us swear this way?

[Bride]

10 My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy.
    He stands out among 10,000 men.

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