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O that his left hand were under my head
    and that his right hand embraced me!(A)
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
    until it is ready!(B)

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His (A)left hand is under my head,
    and his right hand (B)embraces me!
I (C)adjure you,[a] O (D)daughters of Jerusalem,
    by (E)the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:7 That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song