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Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.

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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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