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I (A)adjure you,[a] O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    by (C)the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

The Bride Adores Her Beloved

The voice of my beloved!
    Behold, he comes,
leaping (D)over the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.
My beloved is like (E)a gazelle
    or a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
    behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    looking through the lattice.

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Footnotes

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