⁷ I ^(A)adjure you,^[a] O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    by ^(C)the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

^5 (A)I adjure you, ^(B)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(C)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

¹⁰ He made its posts of silver,
    its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
    by ^(A)the daughters of Jerusalem.
¹¹ Go out, O ^(B)daughters of Zion,
    and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
    on ^(C)the day of his wedding,
    on the day of the gladness of his heart.

⁸ I ^(A)adjure you, O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    ^(C)I am sick with love.

¹⁶ His ^(A)mouth^[a] is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem.