Song of Solomon 2:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or by the does of the field,
that you won’t awaken or arouse love
before its proper time!^[a]

⁸The voice of my beloved!
Look! He’s coming,
    leaping over the mountains,
        bounding over the hills.
⁹My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look, there he stands behind our wall,
    looking through the windows,
        gazing through the lattice.