⁵ Strengthen me with ·raisins [raisin cakes],
    and refresh me with apples [^Cconsidered aphrodisiacs],
    because I am ·weak [faint] with love.
⁶ My lover’s left hand is under my head,
    and his right arm ·holds me tight [embraces me; 8:3].

⁷ ·Women [^LDaughters] of Jerusalem [1:5], ·promise me [I adjure you]
    by the gazelles and the deer of the field [^Cin Hebrew sounds like “by the (Lord) of Hosts” or “by God Almighty”]
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; 3:5; 8:4].