Young Women

Who is this(A) coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on the one she loves?

Woman

I awakened you under the apricot tree.(B)
There your mother conceived you;
there she conceived and gave you birth.

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Love, strong and invaluable

[Daughters of Jerusalem]

Who is this coming up from the wilderness
        leaning against her lover?

[Woman]

Under the apple tree I aroused you—
        there, where your mother labored with you,
        there where, laboring, she bore you.

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