Song of Solomon 8:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ My lover’s left hand is under my head,
    and his right arm ·holds me tight [embraces me; 2:6].
⁴ ·Women [^LDaughters] of Jerusalem [1:5],
    ·promise [I adjure you] not to awaken
or ·excite [arouse] love
    until it ·is ready [so desires; ^Clikely a warning to the women to wait for love until the right person comes along; 2:7; 3:5].

⁵ Who is this coming out of the ·desert [wilderness; 3:6],
leaning on her lover?

I ·woke [aroused] you under the apple tree
    where ·you were born [^Lyour mother conceived you];
    there ·your mother gave birth to you [^Lthe one who gave you birth conceived you].