² I would lead you and bring you
    to my mother’s house;
    she is the one who taught me.
I would give you a drink of spiced wine
    from my pomegranates.

³ My lover’s left hand is under my head,
    and his right arm ·holds me tight [embraces me; 2:6].
⁴ ·Women [^LDaughters] of Jerusalem [1:5],
    ·promise [I adjure you] not to awaken
or ·excite [arouse] love
    until it ·is ready [so desires; ^Clikely a warning to the women to wait for love until the right person comes along; 2:7; 3:5].