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Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.

[I can feel] [a]his left hand under my head and his right hand embraces me!(A)

[He said] I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field [which are free to follow their own instincts] that you not try to stir up or awaken [my] love until it pleases.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:6 Do I have a constant sense of my Shepherd’s presence, regardless of my surroundings?

Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,(A)
    for I am faint with love.(B)
His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.(C)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(D)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(E)

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