Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.[a](A)

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  1. 3:5 Lit until it pleases

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)

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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

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Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,(A)
if you find my love,
tell him that I am lovesick.(B)

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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)

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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.(A)

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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
    Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(A)

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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

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