⁴ I ^(A)adjure you, O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(C)that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

⁷ Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
    all the wealth of his ^(A)house,
    he^[a] would be utterly despised.

⁸ We have a little sister,
    and she ^(B)has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
    on the day when she is spoken for?