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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”

Young Women of Jerusalem

Who is this sweeping in from the desert,
    leaning on her lover?

Young Woman

I aroused you under the apple tree,
    where your mother gave you birth,
    where in great pain she delivered you.

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