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His left hand should be under my head,
And his right hand should embrace me.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
[a]That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Until [b]he please.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?

Under the apple-tree I awakened thee:
There thy mother was in travail with thee,
There was she in travail [c]that brought thee forth.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:4 Hebrew Why should ye stir up? or why etc.
  2. Song of Solomon 8:4 Or, it. Or, she
  3. Song of Solomon 8:5 Or, and