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Strengthen me with raisin cakes.
Refresh me with apples,
for I am weak from love.

His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

Daughters of Jerusalem,
you must swear to me by the gazelles,
or by the does of the field,
that you will not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.

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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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