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Up from the Wilderness and under the Apple Tree

Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
    leaning upon her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you;
    there your mother conceived you;[a]
        there she who was in labor gave birth to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:5 Literally “was in labor with you”

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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