⁴ Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,^(A)
    to the room of the one who conceived me.^(B)
5 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(C)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(D)

⁶ Who is this coming up from the wilderness^(E)
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh^(F) and incense
    made from all the spices^(G) of the merchant?