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I would lead you and bring you
    into the house of my mother,
    and into the chamber of the one who bore me.[a]
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
    the juice of my pomegranates.
O that his left hand were under my head,
    and that his right hand embraced me!
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    do not stir up or awaken love
    until it is ready!

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:2 Gk Syr: Heb my mother; she (or you) will teach me

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