⁷ Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(A)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(B)

⁸ Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(A)—
    if you find my beloved,^(B)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.^(C)

¹⁶ His mouth^(A) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,^(B) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.^(C)