Song of Solomon 8:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³O that his left hand were under my head,
    and that his right hand embraced me!
⁴I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    do not stir up or awaken love
    until it is ready!

Homecoming

⁵Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning upon her beloved?

Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labour with you;
there she who bore you was in labour.

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New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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