(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)

(A)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
(B)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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His left hand should be under my head,
And his right hand should embrace me.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
[a]That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Until [b]he please.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:4 Hebrew Why should ye stir up? or why etc.
  2. Song of Solomon 8:4 Or, it. Or, she