(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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:7 adjure

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up nor awake my love till he please.

Read full chapter