I would lead you, I would take you,
to the house of my mother(A) who taught me.[a]
I would give you spiced wine to drink
from the juice of my pomegranate.
May his left hand be under my head,
and his right arm embrace me.(B)
Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:2 LXX adds and into the chamber of the one who bore me

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